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Defining the adaptive immune response to aerosol BCG infection as a controlled human infection model for Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Defining the adaptive immune response to aerosol BCG
Abstract:

Tuberculosis (TB) is an important global health threat, which continues to cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Efforts to improve prevention, diagnosis and cure are hampered by an incomplete understanding of the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb), the causative infectious agent of TB. Work presented in this thesis describes the human adaptive immune response to aerosol inhaled Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), a live attenuated form of Mycobacterium bovi...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Role:
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0002-2126-5142
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Role:
Supervisor


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Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford


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