Tuberculosis vaccines

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Tuberculosis vaccines are vaccinations intended for the prevention of tuberculosis. There is currently only one tuberculosis vaccine available, bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG).

Other tuberculosis vaccines currently in development are:

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New vaccines are being developed by among others TuBerculosis Vaccine Initiative (TBVI) and Aeras

Development

Administration

Vaccines

Bacterial	Anthrax · Brucellosis · Cholera^# · Diphtheria^# · Hib^# · Meningococcus^# (NmVac4-A/C/Y/W-135, NmVac4-A/C/Y/W-135 - DT, MeNZB) · Pertussis^# · Plague · Pneumococcal^# (PPSV, PCV) · Tetanus^# · Tuberculosis (BCG)^# · Typhoid^# (Ty21a, ViCPS) · Typhus combination: DTwP/DTaP

Viral	Adenovirus · Tick-borne encephalitis · Japanese encephalitis^# · Flu^# (LAIV, H1N1 (Pandemrix)) · Hepatitis A^# · Hepatitis B^# · HPV (Gardasil, Cervarix) · Measles^# · Mumps^# (Mumpsvax) · Polio^# (Salk, Sabin) · Rabies^# · Rotavirus^# · Rubella^# · Smallpox (Dryvax) · Varicella zoster (chicken pox^#, shingles) · Herpes simplex^† · Yellow fever^# combination: MMR · MMRV research: Cytomegalovirus · Epstein-Barr · HIV · Hepatitis C

Protozoan	Malaria · Trypanosomiasis

Helminthiasis	Schistosomiasis · Hookworm

Other	TA-CD • TA-NIC · NicVAX · Cancer vaccines (ALVAC-CEA vaccine, Hepatitis B^# · HPV (Gardasil, Cervarix))

Controversy