An overview of the development of new vaccines for tuberculosis

E Whitlow, AS Mustafa, SNM Hanif - Vaccines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Currently, there is only one licensed vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), the Bacillus Calmette–
Guérin (BCG). Despite its protective efficacy against TB in children, BCG has failed to protect …

Childhood tuberculosis: old and new vaccines

G Hussey, T Hawkridge, W Hanekom - Paediatric respiratory reviews, 2007 - Elsevier
The world is witnessing an escalation of the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic, particularly in sub-
Saharan Africa and South-East Asia. The problem has been compounded by the evolution …

Why don't we have an effective tuberculosis vaccine yet?

T Davenne, H McShane - Expert review of vaccines, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) has co-evolved with humans for thousands of years, to
cause tuberculosis (TB). The success of M. tb as a pathogen is in part because of the ways …

Envisioning future strategies for vaccination against tuberculosis

SHE Kaufmann - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2006 - nature.com
The design of tuberculosis vaccines has entered a new era. Although several new vaccine
candidates will pass Phase I clinical trials within the next year, I believe that the most …

Vaccine development against tuberculosis over the last 140 years: Failure as part of success

SHE Kaufmann - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The year 2020 was shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic which killed more people than any
other infectious disease in this particular year. At the same time, the development of highly …

The present and future of tuberculosis vaccinations

N Principi, S Esposito - Tuberculosis, 2015 - Elsevier
The clinical, social, and economic burden of tuberculosis (TB) remains high worldwide,
thereby highlighting the importance of TB prevention. The bacilli Calmette-Guérin (BCG) …

Recent developments in tuberculosis vaccines

D Marinova, J Gonzalo-Asensio, N Aguilo… - Expert review of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Substantial efforts have been made over the past decade to develop vaccines against
tuberculosis. We review recent developments in tuberculosis vaccines in the global portfolio …

Tuberculosis vaccine development: strength lies in tenacity

SHE Kaufmann - Trends in immunology, 2012 - cell.com
The past decade has witnessed a tremendous increase in the development of novel
vaccines against tuberculosis (TB). In mice, each of these vaccine candidates stimulates an …

A coordinated strategy for evaluating new vaccines for human and animal tuberculosis

DN McMurray - Tuberculosis, 2001 - Elsevier
There is a remarkable convergence in the current efforts to develop and evaluate new
tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidates for use in humans, domestic animals, and wild animal …

Clinical testing of tuberculosis vaccine candidates

M Hatherill, D Tait, H McShane - Tuberculosis and the Tubercle …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The need for a new tuberculosis (TB) vaccination strategy is clear when we consider the
massive burden of TB disease in countries where universal infant bacille Calmette‐Guérin …