Cellular uptake of BCG-loaded chitosan microparticles and in vivo evaluation of immune response following intranasal immunisation

Attenuated Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the only currently available vaccine against tuberculosis. It is highly effective in pre-exposure immunisation against TB in children when administered by subcutaneous route to newborns. However, it does not provide permanent protectio...

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Autor principal: Caetano, Liliana Aranha (author)
Outros Autores: Figueiredo, Lara (author), Amaral, Rita (author), Almeida, António José (author), Gonçalves, Lídia Maria Diogo (author)
Formato: conferenceObject
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2013
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/2701
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/2701