TB Research

Where are the RNA vaccines for TB?

Fan XY, Lowrie DB

Emerging microbes & infections · 2021-12

Abstract

A simple mRNA vaccine was shown to protect mice against tuberculosis more than 15 years ago. Like COVID-19, tuberculosis is a respiratory infection killing over a million people per year. It too presents a global emergency. Can the stunning success of RNA vaccination against COVID-19 be replicated for TB?

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Tuberculosis
  • Vaccines, Synthetic
  • Tuberculosis Vaccines
  • mRNA Vaccines