Delivery Route Matters for TB Vaccination (IMAGE)

University of Pittsburgh

Delivery Route Matters for TB Vaccination

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3D PET CT scans of monkey lungs showing inflammation (red and yellow) from TB infection. The top row were vaccinated the usual way with a shot into the skin The bottom row received the vaccine intravenously.

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JoAnne Flynn, Ph.D., Alexander White, Pauline Maiello, and Mario Roederer, Ph.D.

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