Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination using a microneedle patch.
AuthorsHiraishi Y, Nandakumar S, Choi SO, Lee JW, Kim YC, Posey JE, Sable SB, Prausnitz MR,
JournalVaccine
PubMed ID21277407
Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis continues to be a leading cause of mortality among bacterial diseases, and the bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the only licensed vaccine for human use against this disease. TB prevention and control would benefit from an improved method of BCG vaccination that simplifies logistics and ... More