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Airborne Immunization against Tuberculosis

Inhalation of very small numbers of living attenuated (BCG) organisms and their multiplication in guinea pigs results in the development of acquired resistance against subsequent airborne infection with virulent tubercle bacilli. Different strains of BCG have differing capacities to immunize by this...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1958-11, Vol.128 (3334), p.1282-1283
Main Authors: Cohn, M. L., Davis, C. L., Middlebrook, G.
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Language:English
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Summary:Inhalation of very small numbers of living attenuated (BCG) organisms and their multiplication in guinea pigs results in the development of acquired resistance against subsequent airborne infection with virulent tubercle bacilli. Different strains of BCG have differing capacities to immunize by this means.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.128.3334.1282