A Summary on Tuberculosis Vaccine Development-Where to Go?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tuberculosis (TB) is an old infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent and control TB. However, there is relatively little literature that systematically analyzes the progress of new TB vaccine research from a bibliometric perspective. This study was conducted to examine the development of TB vaccines over the past 20 years and to identify research priorities and directions for the future.

Methods

The Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) of the Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC) database was selected to search the literature related to TB vaccines. The countries, institutions, authors, journals, references, and keywords of each publication were analyzed and visualized using the

SUBMITTER: Jiang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10054751 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature