Intravenous delivery of TB vaccine dramatically improves efficacy
Thursday, January 2, 2020 - 09:40
in Health & Medicine
Tuberculosis (TB), an ancient disease, is the leading infectious cause of death globally, yet the world’s only licensed TB vaccine, Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG), was developed a century ago. Given to infants via a needle placed just under the skin, BCG protects babies from a form of the disease called disseminated TB but is far less … Continue reading Intravenous delivery of TB vaccine dramatically improves efficacy