What have we learnt about BCG vaccination in the last 20 years?

HM Dockrell, SG Smith - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
A number of new tuberculosis (TB) vaccines have been or are entering clinical trials, which
include genetically modified mycobacteria, mycobacterial antigens delivered by viral …

Biomarkers and diagnostics for tuberculosis: progress, needs, and translation into practice

RS Wallis, M Pai, D Menzies, TM Doherty, G Walzl… - The lancet, 2010 - thelancet.com
Human infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis can progress to active disease, be
contained as latent infection, or be eradicated by the host response. Tuberculosis …

[HTML][HTML] Safety and efficacy of MVA85A, a new tuberculosis vaccine, in infants previously vaccinated with BCG: a randomised, placebo-controlled phase 2b trial

MD Tameris, M Hatherill, BS Landry, TJ Scriba… - The Lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background BCG vaccination provides incomplete protection against tuberculosis in infants.
A new vaccine, modified Vaccinia Ankara virus expressing antigen 85A (MVA85A), was …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple BCG vaccinations for the prevention of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases in type 1 diabetes

DL Faustman, A Lee, ER Hostetter, A Aristarkhova… - Cell Reports …, 2022 - cell.com
There is a need for safe and effective platform vaccines to protect against coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) and other infectious diseases. In this randomized, double …

T-cell activation is an immune correlate of risk in BCG vaccinated infants

HA Fletcher, MA Snowden, B Landry, W Rida… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Vaccines to protect against tuberculosis (TB) are urgently needed. We performed a case–
control analysis to identify immune correlates of TB disease risk in Bacille Calmette–Guerin …

Specific T cell frequency and cytokine expression profile do not correlate with protection against tuberculosis after bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccination of newborns

BMN Kagina, B Abel, TJ Scriba, EJ Hughes… - American journal of …, 2010 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Immunogenicity of new tuberculosis (TB) vaccines is commonly assessed by
measuring the frequency and cytokine expression profile of T cells. Objectives: We tested …

Tuberculosis susceptibility and protection in children

RB Roy, E Whittaker, JA Seddon… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Children represent both a clinically important population susceptible to tuberculosis and a
key group in whom to study intrinsic and vaccine-induced mechanisms of protection. After …

Prevention of tuberculosis in Bacille Calmette–Guérin-primed, HIV-infected adults boosted with an inactivated whole-cell mycobacterial vaccine

CF Von Reyn, L Mtei, RD Arbeit, R Waddell, B Cole… - Aids, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To determine whether a multiple-dose series of an inactivated whole cell
mycobacterial vaccine, Mycobacterium vaccae, can prevent HIV-associated tuberculosis …

Tuberculosis vaccines: beyond bacille Calmette–Guérin

H McShane - … transactions of the royal society B …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Tuberculosis (TB) disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) remains one of the
leading infectious causes of death and disease throughout the world. The only licensed …

The success of microneedle-mediated vaccine delivery into skin

S Marshall, LJ Sahm, AC Moore - Human vaccines & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Microneedles (MNs) are designed to specifically target the outermost, skin barrier layer, the
stratum corneum, creating transient pathways for minimally invasive transcutaneous …