Antigens Product Name References
  Recombinant Live
  TuberculosisrBCG Prague strain expressing listeriolysin and carries a urease deletion mutationVPM 10021-4
rBCG Tice strain expressing 30 kDa Mtb antigen 85B; phase I completed in U.S..rBCG305-9
Recombinant BCG expressing mutated PfoA and overexpressing antigens 85A, 85B, and Rv3407AERAS-42210-12
Non‐replicating, Mtb strain auxotrophic for lysine and pantothenate; attenuated for secA2Mtb [ΔlysA ΔpanCD ΔsecA2]13-14
Live vaccine based on attenuation of Mtb by stable inactivation by deletion of phoP and fad D26 genesMTBVAC [ΔphoP, Δfad D26]15-19
  rBCG overexpressing chimeric ESAT-6/Ag85A DNA fusion proteinHG856-BCG20-24
  BCG with reduced activity of anti-apoptotic microbial enzymes including SodA, GlnA1,thioredoxin, and thioredoxin reductasepaBCG25
rBCG with limited replication overexpressing the 30 kDa Mtb Antigen 85BrBCG(mbtB)3026
rBCG and rM. smegmatis expressing multiple T and B epitopes of MtbrBCG T+B rM. smegmatis T+B27-30
  Expresses multiple epitopes of Mtb fused to malarial epitopes and antigensrBCG TB-Malaria31
  rBCG Tice strain overexpress the 38 kDa proteinrBCG3832-35
  rBCG Mexico strain overexpress the 38 kDa proteinrBCGMex3834-36
  Recombinant M. bovis BCG overexpressing an Mtb L,D-TranspeptidaserBCG overexpressing L,D-Transpeptidase37
  rM.microti strain overexpress the 30 or 38kDa proteinrM.microti30-rM.microti3833-38
  Hansen's Disease(Leprosy)ICRC bacillus(cultivable leprosy derived mycobacteria probably belonging to M. avium intracellulare complex)ICRC 'anti-leprosy vaccine'39
  BCG (Glaxo, freeze dried)BCG Glaxo40
  Heat-killed armadillo-derived M.leprae (M.leprae-A') + BCG-41
  vaccine prepared from Mycobacterium welchii (M.W.)M.w.42
  BCG + Heat Killed M.leprae-43
  Buruli UlcerBCG-44
  Viral Vectored
  TuberculosisReplication-deficient adenovirus 5 vector expressing Mtb antigen 85AAdAg85A45-49
  Replication-deficient adenovirus 35 vector expressing Mtb antigens 85A, 85B, TB10.4AERAS-402/Crucell Ad3550-53
  Crohn's DiseaseCold Virus and virus used in smallpox vaccine attached to fragment of MAP DNA-J Hermon-Taylor owns Patent for this vaccine
  Recombinant Protein
  TuberculosisRecombinant protein composed of a fusion of Mtb antigens Rv1196 and Rv0125 & adjuvant AS01M72 + AS0154-57
  Adjuvanted recombinant protein composed of Mtb antigens 85B and ESAT-6Hybrid-I+IC3158-62
  Adjuvanted recombinant protein composed of a fusion of Mtb antigens 85B and TB10.4HyVac 4/AERAS‐404,+IC3163-65
  Naturally methylated 21‐kDa purified protein from M.bovis BCGHBHA66-70
  Subunit fusion protein composed of 4 Mtb antigensID93 in GLA-SE adjuvant71-72
30kDa Mtb Ag85B protein purified from rM. Smegmatisr3073-77
  Purified recombinant 85A protein from BCGR32Kda (recombinant 85A)78-81
  Whole Cell, Inactivated or Disrupted
  TuberculosisInactivated whole cell non‐TB mycobacterium; phase III in BCG‐primed HIV+ population completed; reformulation pendingM. vaccae82-86
Whole cell saprophytic non‐TB mycobacteriumMw [M. indicus pranii(MIP)]87-89
Fragmented Mtb cellsRUTI90-94
  Other
  TuberculosisChimeric DNA vaccines—Ag85A/Ag85BHG85 A/B20-22
  Live attenuated BCG Danish Strain spray‐dried for nasal administrationSpray‐dried BCGb95
  Mycobacterial lipids with Ac2SGL, a novel glycolipid antigenAc2SGL Diacylated Sulfoglycolipid96
Chimeric DNA vaccines—ESAT‐6/Ag85A; Ag85A/Ag85BHG856A97
  Codon‐optimized heat shock protein from M. leprae, a CpG islandHsp DNA vaccine98-101
Combination of DNA vaccines expressing mycobacterial heat‐shock protein 65 & IL‐12HVJ‐Envelope/HSP65 DNA+IL‐12 DNA102-106
Live attenuated BCG Danish Strain in a novel lipid adjuvant and delivery system for an oral vaccineLiporale‐BCG107-111
Nasal vaccine with man‐capped Arabinomannan oligosaccharide conjugated to Ag85B in Eurocine L3TM adjuvantNasL3/AM85B conjugate112-116
Intra‐nasal heat‐killed whole BCG Copenhagen strain in Eurocine L3TM adjuvantNasL3/HtkBCG(BCG adjuvant)117-119
DNA vaccine plasmid vectors pUMVC6 or pUMVC7 expressing Rv3872, Rv3873, Rv3874, Rv3875 or Rv3619cpUMVC6/7 DNAc120
Heat shock HspC protein antigen complexesT‐BioVax121-122
T cell epitope‐based DNA‐prime/peptide boost vaccineTBVax123-125
  Buruli UlcerDNA Vaccine Encoding Antigen 85A from Mycobacterium bovis BCG-126

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