volume editors, Stefan H.E. Kaufmann, Helmut Hahn.
New York :
Karger,
2003.
1 online resource (x, 155 pages) :
illustrations.
Issues in infectious diseases,
v. 2
1660-1890 ;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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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