Reply: Bacille calmette-guérin vaccine: Innate immunity and nonspecific effects

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 779-780

  Ritz, Nicole ^a,b   Casalaz, Dan ^c   Hanekom, Willem A ^d   Britton, Warwick J ^e   Dutta, Binita ^a,f   Donath, Susan ^a,f   Connell, Tom G ^a,f   Tebruegge, Marc ^a,f   Robins Browne, Roy ^a,f   Curtis, Nigel ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B;

AGE; BCG VACCINATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BCG VACCINE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84875831378     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.187.7.779     Document Type: Letter

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