PET-CT scan images of monkey lungs (IMAGE)

University of Pittsburgh

PET-CT scan images of monkey lungs

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While unvaccinated macaque monkeys exhibited signs of severe lung inflammation and disease following the Mycobacterium  tuberculosis infection (warm colors indicate inflammation and disease, bottom row), monkeys that received the intravenously administered Kill-Switch BCG vaccine (middle row) were equally or better protected against the infection as those immunized with the standard BCG vaccine (top row).

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Pauline Maiello

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