Early BCG vaccination is unrelated to pulmonary immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in adults

Eur Respir J. 2014 Oct;44(4):1087-90. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00086514. Epub 2014 Jun 25.

German TB or Not TB Consortium:
M Allewelt, D Anacker, K Avsar, S Blaas, J Doehling, M Fischer, A Glaewe, P Hammerl, S Jaletzky, S Junghanss, F Kunitz, L Krabbe, S Kohr, B Lehnigk, V Leucht, J Meywirth, M Mowe, R Muetterlein, A Neher, M Pletz, J Paepke, C Prignitz, A Quassem, K D Schneider, N Vorreiter

¹ Division of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany Center for Clinical Studies, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany.
² Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Research Medical Education and Professional Development Unit, AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
³ Center of Pneumology, Agaplesion Deaconess Hospital Rotenburg, Rotenburg, Germany.
⁴ Division of Immune-Cell Analytics, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany.
⁵ Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
⁶ Division of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Clinical Tuberculosis Unit, Borstel, Germany Dept of Internal Medicine, University of Namibia School of Medicine, Windhoek, Namibia clange@fz-borstel.de.

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