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ArticleTuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland)2010

BCG vaccination in the cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) infected by the pulmonary route with virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Christine T McFarland, Lan Ly, Amminikutty Jeevan, Toshiko Yamamoto, Bradley Weeks, Angelo Izzo, David McMurray

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Article in Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Christine T McFarlandDepartment of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114, USA.
Lan Ly
Amminikutty Jeevan
Toshiko Yamamoto
Bradley Weeks
Angelo Izzo
David McMurray
Texas A&M Health Science Center · USColorado State University · USTexas College · US

Funding

NIAID NIH HHS HHSN266200400091CPHS HHS 26620040091
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To evaluate the usefulness of the American cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) in the evaluation of vaccine-induced resistance, we infected BCG-vaccinated and non-vaccinated cotton rats with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (H37Rv) via the respiratory route. Lung histopathology of these animals showed loose, disorganized granulomas which were non-necrotic up to 8 weeks post-infection. Moreover, we were not able to detect a DTH response after intradermal injection with PPD antigen. Prior BCG vaccination significantly reduced lung and spleen bacterial loads by 1-1.5log CFU and upregulated PPD-induced proliferation and production of IFNgamma in lymphocyte cultures. We conclude that pulmonary infection of the cotton rat with Mtb more closely resembles the phenotype seen in mice rather than guinea pigs.

Indexed as

Administration, InhalationAerosolsAnimalsBacterial LoadBCG VaccineCell ProliferationCells, CulturedDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGranulomaHypersensitivity, DelayedImmunity, CellularInterferon-gammaLungMaleMycobacterium tuberculosisAerosolsBCG VaccineInterferon-gammaTuberculin

Identifiers

PMID20451457
PMCPMC2910192
OpenAlexW2157238291

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