Definition of «tuberculosis vaccine»

A tuberculosis vaccine is a medicine that helps protect people from getting tuberculosis, a bacterial infection that mainly affects the lungs. The vaccine helps the body build defenses to fight off the germs that cause tuberculosis, keeping people healthy.

Sentences with «tuberculosis vaccine»

Product Development Team in Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative BCG working group in World Health Organisation (nibsc.org)
We are also interested in the study of the roles of caspase - 2 in host responses induced by other vaccines (e.g., tuberculosis vaccine BCG). (hegroup.org)
Darrick previously worked at Corixa Corporation, where he led a new tuberculosis vaccine into human clinical trials and assisted as group leader for analytical biochemistry working on adjuvants and a commercial, radiolabeled mAb for non-Hodgkins lymphoma. (idri.org)
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