BCG Vaccination Reduces Risk of Tuberculosis Infection in Vaccinated Badgers and Unvaccinated Badger Cubs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Carter, Stephen P ^a   Chambers, Mark A ^b   Rushton, Stephen P ^c   Shirley, Mark D F ^c   Schuchert, Pia ^c   Pietravalle, Stéphane ^a   Murray, Alistair ^a   Rogers, Fiona ^a   Gettinby, George ^d   Smith, Graham C ^a   Delahay, Richard J ^a   Hewinson, R Glyn ^b   McDonald, Robbie A ^e  

^a FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BADGER; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS VACCINES; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; VACCINATION;

BOS; MELES MELES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 84871193793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049833     Document Type: Article

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