Genome plasticity of BCG and impact on vaccine efficacy.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on March 19, 2007

Authors

Roland Brosch1, Stephen V Gordon, Thierry Garnier, Karin Eiglmeier, Wafa Frigui, Philippe Valenti, Sandrine Dos Santos, Stéphanie Duthoy, Céline Lacroix, Carmen Garcia-Pelayo, Jacqueline K Inwald, Paul Golby, Javier Nuñez Garcia, R Glyn Hewinson, Marcel A Behr, Michael A Quail, Carol Churcher, Bart G Barrell, Julian Parkhill, Stewart T Cole

Author Affiliations

1: Unité de Génétique Moléculaire Bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, 28 Rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.

Associated clinical trials:

BCG Against Covid-19 for Prevention and Amelioration of Severity Trial (BAC to the PAST) | NCT04534803

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