Prevention of infection refers to the ability of the vaccine to protect individuals from becoming infected with the tuberculosis (TB) bacteria. A person cannot get TB disease if this person does not get infected. A person who is already infected with the TB bacteria prior to vaccination, may still develop TB disease in this case.
Potential impact of tuberculosis vaccines in China, South Africa, and India
To inform vaccine development decision making, we modeled the impact of hypothetical tuberculosis vaccines in three high-burden countries.