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BCG Vaccine

Known as: Calmette's Vaccine, Bacillus Calmette Guerin, Bacillius Calmette-Guerin Vaccine 
A vaccine containing bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis, with non-specific immunoadjuvant and… 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2013
Review
2013
History of BCG Vaccine.
Tuberculosis (TB) is still responsible for 2 million deaths every year despite being a treatable airborne infectious disease… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Use in routine clinical practice of two commercial blood tests for diagnosis of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a prospective study
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Intravesical bacille Calmette-Guérin versus mitomycin C in superficial bladder cancer: formal meta-analysis of comparative studies on tumor progression.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
WSX-1 is required for the initiation of Th1 responses and resistance to L. major infection.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Genetic regulation of resistance to intracellular pathogens
Natural resistance of mice to infections with Salmonella typhimurium and Leishmania donovani is regulated by chromosome 1 gene(s… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Extracellular cytolysis by activated macrophages and granulocytes. II. Hydrogen peroxide as a mediator of cytotoxicity
When deprived of oxygen, Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG)-activated macrophages no longer lysed P388 lymphoma cells. Both H2O2… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Increased superoxide anion production by immunologically activated and chemically elicited macrophages
We studied the capacity of cultured mouse peritoneal macrophages to generate superoxide anion (O(2-)), the initial product of… 
Review
1971
Review
1971
RESPONSE OF CULTURED MACROPHAGES TO MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS, WITH OBSERVATIONS ON FUSION OF LYSOSOMES WITH PHAGOSOMES
The cytological response to the ingestion of tubercle bacilli by cultured mouse peritoneal macrophages has been studied by… 
Review
1970
Review
1970
Immunological factors which influence response to immunotherapy in malignant melanoma.
Antimelanoma antibodies previously demonstrated in the serum of melanoma patients by immunofluorescence have now been detected by… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
THE INFLUENCE OF IMMUNOLOGICALLY COMMITTED LYMPHOID CELLS ON MACROPHAGE ACTIVITY IN VIVO
It has been shown that the immune response of mice to infection with L. monocytogenes gives rise to a population of… 
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