| Description |
1 online resource (x, 155 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Issues in infectious diseases, 1660-1890 ; v. 2 |
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Issues in infectious diseases ; v. 2. 1660-1890
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Tuberculosis as a Global Public Health Problem; New Perspectives in the Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis; Vaccination -- The Current Status of BCG; Laboratory Diagnosis of Tuberculosis; Mycobacteria and TB -- Therapy and Drug Resistance; Molecular Biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Immunology and Persistence; New Strategies for the Design of Vaccines against Tuberculosis; Modern Drug Development; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Summary |
Tuberculosis remains one of the main fatal infections in humans. With annual morbidity and mortality rates worldwide of 8 and 2 million cases respectively, the disease is far from being eradicated. In fact, the dangerous liaison between TB and HIV, and the increasing incidences of multi-drug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are aggravating the problem. The latest epidemiological data indicate that new drugs and a novel vaccine are urgently needed to control TB adequately. This volume summarizes the state of the art in the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of TB. In addition, the |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Tuberculosis.
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Bacterial vaccines.
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
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Tuberculosis -- drug therapy
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Bacterial Vaccines
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis -- microbiology
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Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
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MEDICAL -- Oncology.
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
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Bacterial vaccines
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Tuberculosis
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Tuberkulose -- Aufsatzsammlung.
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Tuberkelbakterium -- Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kaufmann, S. H. E. (Stefan H. E.)
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Hahn, H. (Helmut), 1937-
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| ISBN |
1423718291 |
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9781423718291 |
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3318008788 |
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9783318008784 |
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