Comparative evaluation of booster efficacies of BCG, Ag85B, and Ag85B peptides based vaccines to boost BCG induced immunity in BALB/c mice: a pilot study.
Aliabbas A HusainShubhangi R WarkeDewanand R KaloreyHatim F DaginawalaGirdhar M TaoriRajpal S KashyapPublished in: Clinical and experimental vaccine research (2015)
Our pilot results suggest that prime boost regimes with Ag85B peptides can boost waning BCG induced immunity and may improve immunogenicity of BCG vaccine. However, lot of work is further needed using experimental model of tuberculosis infection to justify the result.