The Impact of Alcohol on BCG-Induced Immunity Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Alcoholics are at heightened risk for developing active tuberculosis. This study evaluates chronic alcohol consumption in a murine model of vaccination with Mycobacterium bovis Bacille-Calmette Guèrin (BCG) and subsequent pulmonary infection with virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis. METH...

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Autores principales: Porretta, Elizabeth, Happel, Kyle I., Teng, Xu S., Ramsay, Alistair, Mason, Carol M.
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3266991/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22014229
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01624.x
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