Protective immunization of monkeys with BCG or BCG plus heat-killed Mycobacterium leprae: Clinical results

Leprosy Review

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 6-23

  Gormus, Bobby J ^a   Baskin, Gary B ^a   Xu, Keyu ^a   Bohm, Rudolf P ^a   Mack, Pamela A ^a   Ratterree, Marion S ^a   Cho, Sang Nae ^b   Meyers, Wayne M ^c   Walsh, Gerald P ^d  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d American Leprosy Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; LEPROSY VACCINE; PHENOLIC GLYCOLIPID I; VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MONKEY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; RHESUS MONKEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031780047     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980003     Document Type: Article

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