Novel approaches toward the development of an oral post-exposure DNA vaccine for latent tuberculosis using Salmonella typhimurium ∆aroA vector
Mesfin Tafesse1,2*, Ekaterina Kuchmina4, Mekuria Lakew2, Torsten Hain4, Adane Mihret1, Gezahegn Mamo1,3, Lashitew Gedamu5, Lawrence Yamuah1, Abraham Aseffa1 and Shreemanta K. Parida6
1Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
2Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
3Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
4Institute of Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
5Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
6Max-Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany.
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