theblackalchemist Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 "AIDS and tuberculosis epidemics are now so intertwined in many parts of the world that we can't win the fight against one of these diseases without also taking on the other," said Marcus Horwitz, principal investigator and microbiologist at David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The current vaccine against TB, called BCG, is administered to newborns in most countries in the world. However, in HIV-positive people, the vaccine can cause serious and even fatal disease later in life A new TB vaccine for HIV-positive-Health/Sci-The Times of India Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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