TB Research

100 Years of BCG Immunization: Past, Present, and Future

Aldo Tagliabue, Diana Boraschi, Luciana C. C. Leite, Stefan H. E. Kaufmann

Vaccines · 2022-10

Abstract

The 100th anniversary of the introduction of Bacille-Calmette-Guérin (BCG) as a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine is an occasion warranting further investigation of the early attempts which culminated in the introduction of BCG as a TB vaccine, as well as of subsequent recognition of failures, new findings that broaden its applications, outstanding questions, and approaches towards the development of novel vaccine candidates [...].

MeSH terms

  • Tuberculosis vaccines
  • Immunization
  • Tuberculosis
  • BCG vaccine
  • Medicine
  • Vaccination
  • Virology
  • Immunology