Media Availability: Experimental Aerosol TB Vaccine Protects Monkeys, NIH-Funded Researchers Find

Media Availability: Experimental Aerosol TB Vaccine Protects Monkeys, NIH-Funded Researchers Find

Tuesday Oct. 20, 2015 

Experimental Aerosol TB Vaccine Protects Monkeys

NIH-supported researchers at Tulane University have developed an investigational aerosol tuberculosis (TB) vaccine that induced an immune response in monkeys and protected them against infection with pulmonary tuberculosis, the most contagious form of the airborne disease.