Anti-leprosy vaccines: current status and future prospects.
Different types of leprosy vaccines are currently used in field trials in India. The rationale behind their use, the parameters for determining their efficacy, their merits and demerits are discussed and the future prospects are highlighted.
Kartikeyan
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Cancer Research Institute (Tata Memorial Centre), Parel, Bombay, Maharashtra.
Chaturvedi
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Deo
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D000818:Animals; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000276:immunology; D007918:Leprosy / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae
D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; C060596:anti-leprosy vaccine