Abstract: Disclosed is a intranasal spray-type tuberculosis vaccine, which has a high prophylactic effect on human tuberculosis, particularly adult tuberculosis. The nebulizable tuberculosis vaccine for intranasal administration comprises a paramyxovirus gene (particularly rhPIV2) having, integrated therein, a gene encoding an ? antigen derived from an acid-fast bacterium (e.g., an ? antigen derived from Mycobacterium kansasii or Mycobacterium bovis BCG), an analogue of the gene, or a variant of the gene which has an equivalent function to that of the gene.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 1, 2010
Publication date:
August 30, 2012
Applicants:
Mie University, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Biocomo Co. Ltd