| Description |
110 p. ill. |
| Series |
Deadly diseases and epidemics
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
Explores the past, present, and future challenges of this disease that has plagued human kind since antiquity including techniques for identification, treatment, and prevention. |
| Subject |
Tuberculosis.
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Diseases.
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| ISBN |
0791073092 : $22.95 |
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