Ali Mohammed Ali Mohammed <br/><br/>
Evaluation of viability of BCG vaccine using a conventional viable count method and a tetrazolium salt rapid assay method /  
 بالطريقة التقليدية و الطريقة السريعة باستخدام ملح التترازوليوم BCG دراسة حيوية لقاح 
Ali Mohammed Ali Mohammed ; Supervised Ali Mohamed Kholefy , Hamdallah Hafez Zedan 
 - Cairo :   Ali Mohammed Ali Mohammed ,   2012 
 - 146 P. ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Pharmacy - Department of Microbiology and Immunology 
<br/><br/> The potency of the live attenuated Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine is dependent on its content of viable cell. The viability of the organism is essential for the stimulayion of a protective immune response, hence monitoring of the viable count is an integral part of quality control o BCG vaccine. The method, which is recommended by the world health organization (WHO) and European Pharmacopoeia (EP) for control of potency of BCG vaccine, is the conventional viable count 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>BCG vaccine Tetrazolium salts Viability