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BCG Vaccine
Known as:
Calmette's Vaccine
, Bacillus Calmette Guerin
, Bacillius Calmette-Guerin Vaccine
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A vaccine containing bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis, with non-specific immunoadjuvant and…
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BCG/bropirimine
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Immunologic Adjuvants
Tuberculosis Vaccines
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Genome plasticity of BCG and impact on vaccine efficacy
R. Brosch
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S. Gordon
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+17 authors
S. Cole
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2007
Corpus ID: 24745548
To understand the evolution, attenuation, and variable protective efficacy of bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccines…
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Review
2005
Review
2005
The success and failure of BCG — implications for a novel tuberculosis vaccine
P. Andersen
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T. M. Doherty
Nature Reviews Microbiology
2005
Corpus ID: 20868462
Over the past 50 years, the Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) has maintained…
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Autophagy Is a Defense Mechanism Inhibiting BCG and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Survival in Infected Macrophages
M. Gutierrez
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S. Master
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Sudha Singh
,
G. Taylor
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M. Colombo
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V. Deretic
Cell
2004
Corpus ID: 16651183
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Randomized, controlled trials, observational studies, and the hierarchy of research designs.
J. Concato
,
N. Shah
,
R. Horwitz
The New England journal of medicine
2000
Corpus ID: 25998102
BACKGROUND In the hierarchy of research designs, the results of randomized, controlled trials are considered to be evidence of…
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Comparative genomics of BCG vaccines by whole-genome DNA microarray.
M. Behr
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M. A. Wilson
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+4 authors
P. Small
Science
1999
Corpus ID: 23067490
Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccines are live attenuated strains of Mycobacterium bovis administered to prevent tuberculosis…
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Molecular analysis of genetic differences between Mycobacterium bovis BCG and virulent M. bovis
G. Mahairas
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P. Sabo
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M. Hickey
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D. C. Singh
,
C. K. Stover
Journal of bacteriology
1996
Corpus ID: 2439807
The live attenuated bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine for the prevention of disease associated with Mycobacterium…
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Review
1995
Review
1995
Relationship between bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) strains and the efficacy of BCG vaccine in the prevention of tuberculosis.
T. Brewer
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G. Colditz
Clinical infectious diseases : an official…
1995
Corpus ID: 21010991
Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination for the prevention of tuberculosis has been used in humans since 1921. Furthermore, for…
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Review
1994
Review
1994
Efficacy of BCG Vaccine in the Prevention of Tuberculosis: Meta-analysis of the Published Literature
G. Colditz
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T. Brewer
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+4 authors
F. Mosteller
1994
Corpus ID: 72855020
Objective. —To quantify the efficacy of BCG vaccine against tuberculosis (TB). Data Sources. —MEDLINE with index termsBCG vaccine…
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Review
1994
Review
1994
Efficacy of BCG vaccine in the prevention of tuberculosis. Meta-analysis of the published literature.
G. Colditz
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T. Brewer
,
+4 authors
F. Mosteller
JAMA
1994
Corpus ID: 20755050
OBJECTIVE To quantify the efficacy of BCG vaccine against tuberculosis (TB). DATA SOURCES MEDLINE with index terms BCG vaccine…
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
New use of BCG for recombinant vaccines
C. K. Stover
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V. D. L. Cruz
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+11 authors
B. Bloom
Nature
1991
Corpus ID: 4303915
BCG, a live attenuated tubercle bacillus, is the most widely used vaccine in the world and is also a useful vaccine vehicle for…
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