TY - JOUR KW - Bacterial Vaccines KW - Humans KW - leprosy KW - Mycobacterium leprae KW - Mycobacterium tuberculosis KW - Tuberculosis, Pulmonary KW - Vaccines, Synthetic AU - Kaufmann S AB -

Leprosy and tuberculosis are chronic infectious diseases causing major global health problems, for which no effective control by vaccination has been achieved. Recent advances in biotechnology may facilitate the design of a new vaccine generation. In this paper the need for, and the potential of, leprosy and tuberculosis vaccines are discussed.

BT - Microbiological sciences C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3155274?dopt=Abstract DA - 1987 Nov IS - 11 J2 - Microbiol. Sci. LA - eng N2 -

Leprosy and tuberculosis are chronic infectious diseases causing major global health problems, for which no effective control by vaccination has been achieved. Recent advances in biotechnology may facilitate the design of a new vaccine generation. In this paper the need for, and the potential of, leprosy and tuberculosis vaccines are discussed.

PY - 1987 SP - 324 EP - 8 T2 - Microbiological sciences TI - Towards new leprosy and tuberculosis vaccines. VL - 4 SN - 0265-1351 ER -