The ID93 Tuberculosis Vaccine Candidate Does Not Induce Sensitivity to Purified Protein Derivative
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The ID93 tuberculosis vaccine candidate does not induce sensitivity to purified protein derivative.
The tuberculin skin test (TST) is a simple and inexpensive test to determine whether individuals have been exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This test is not always reliable, however, in people previously immunized with BCG and/or who have been exposed to environmental mycobacterial species due to a reaction to purified protein derivative (PPD) used in the skin test. An issue with BCG, the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1556-6811,1556-679X
DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00372-14