How Far Are we Away From an Improved Vaccine For Tuberculosis? Current Efforts and Future Prospects

Cristina Vilaplana; Pere Joan Cardona

doi:10.1016/j.arbres.2018.11.002

How Far Are we Away From an Improved Vaccine For Tuberculosis? Current Efforts and Future Prospects

Cristina Vilaplana, Pere Joan Cardona

Department of Genetics and Microbiology

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Abstract

© 2018 SEPAR Tuberculosis still is a major public health problem worldwide, and vaccines may play a major role in its eradication. However, despite 20 years of intensive research, we still do not have a better vaccine than the Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine, which has been used since 1921 but exhibits only limited efficacy in the field. This effort has not, however, been entirely in vain as our understanding of TB vaccinology has been substantially expanded and there are currently 17 vaccine candidates in clinical development and several more in preclinical trials. This manuscript reviews the most important recent advances, concerns raised and future prospects in the TB vaccinology field.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	373-377
Journal	Archivos de Bronconeumologia
Volume	55
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arbres.2018.11.002
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2019

Keywords

Bacille Calmette-Guérin
Clinical trials
Tuberculosis
Vaccine

UN SDGs

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How Far Are we Away From an Improved Vaccine For Tuberculosis? Current Efforts and Future Prospects

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