The in vitro evolution of BCG vaccines

Vaccine

Volumn 21, Issue 27-30, 2003, Pages 4270-4274

  Mostowy, Serge ^a   Tsolaki, Anthony G ^b   Small, Peter M ^b   Behr, Marcel A ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

BCG; GeneChip ; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AFFYMETRIX GENECHIP; BCG VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0346340083     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(03)00484-5     Document Type: Article

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