Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-103) and index.
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Tuberculosis throughout time -- Robert Koch, Selman Waksman, and the near defeat of tuberculosis -- The tuberculosis bacterium -- Consumption: what happens once you become infected -- Transmission from organism to organism -- The immune response to tuberculosis infection -- Screening for and diagnosis of tuberculosis -- The BCG vaccine -- Treatment of tuberculosis I: sanatoriums and early drug treatments -- Treatment of tuberculosis II: modern drug therapy -- The human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Presents an overview of tuberculosis, covering its history, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and other related topics.