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A new tuberculosis vaccine
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  1. M Wilczynska
  1. Correspondence to M Wilczynska, ST4 Respiratory Medicine, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Rhyl, Denbighshire LL18 5UJ, UK; mwilczynska{at}doctors.org.uk

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The BCG vaccine, designed as a prophylactic vaccine for pre-infection administration, is currently the only tuberculosis vaccine approved for human use.

In this study researchers developed a new multistage tuberculosis vaccine (H56) which can be used before and after exposure, and tested it in a mouse model. To construct the H56 vaccine, the authors …

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