Effect of experimental parameters on alginate/chitosan microparticles for BCG encapsulation

The aim of the present study was to develop novel Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-loaded polymeric microparticles with optimized particle surface characteristics and biocompatibility, so that whole live attenuated bacteria could be further used for pre-exposure vaccination against...

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Main Author: Caetano, Liliana Aranha (author)
Other Authors: Almeida, António J. (author), Gonçalves, Lídia M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/6261
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/6261