Challenges in the development of drugs for the treatment of tuberculosis

Tuberculosis infection is a serious human health threat and the early 21st century has seen a remarkable increase in global tuberculosis activity. The pathogen responsible for tuberculosis is Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which adopts diverse strategies in order to survive in a variety of host lesions...

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Main Authors: Adeeb Shehzad, Gauhar Rehman, Mazhar Ul-Islam, Waleed Ahmad Khattak, Young Sup Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-02-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702013000100012