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Published on: October 18, 2012
Novel approaches to tuberculosis prevention: DNA vaccines
Bruno Rivas-Santiago1, Alberto R Cervantes-Villagrana
1From the Medical Research Unit Zacatecas, Mexican Institute of Social Security-IMSS , Zacatecas , Mexico.
Abstract:
It is estimated that there are approximately eight million new cases of active tuberculosis (TB) worldwide annually. There is only 1 vaccine available for prevention: bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). This has variable efficacy and is only protective for certain extrapulmonary TB cases in children, therefore new strategies for the creation of novel vaccines have emerged. One of the promising approaches is the DNA vaccine, used as a direct vaccination or as a prime-boost vaccine. This review describes the experimental data obtained during the design of DNA vaccines for TB.
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