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" Mycobacteria and TB / "
volume editors, Stefan H.E. Kaufmann, Helmut Hahn.
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BL
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1013478
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b767848
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Mycobacteria and TB /\ volume editors, Stefan H.E. Kaufmann, Helmut Hahn.
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| Publication Statement
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Basel ;New York :: Karger,, 2003.
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| Series Statement
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Issues in infectious diseases,; v. 2
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1 online resource (x, 155 pages) :: illustrations.
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1423718291
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: 3318008788
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: 9781423718291
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: 9783318008784
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3805574592
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9783805574594
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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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.
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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.
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Tuberculosis.
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MEDICAL-- Oncology.
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Tuberculosis.
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Tuberkelbakterium, Aufsatzsammlung.
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Tuberkulose, Aufsatzsammlung.
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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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616.9/95061
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RC311.M987 2003eb
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2002 L-982
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WF 360M995 2003
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Hahn, H., (Helmut),1937-
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Kaufmann, S. H. E., (Stefan H. E.)
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