Genetic and immunologic determinants of BCG disease: from mechanism to prevention
Open Access
- 2 March 2026
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Annals of Medicine
- Vol. 58 (1) , 2634548
Abstract
1. The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is the most widely used and historically the oldest tuberculosis vaccine, with proven protective efficacy against severe childhood tuberculosis, such a...Keywords
Funding Information
- Start‐up fund to Xiu-Feng Huang from the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children’s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
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