Tuberculosis and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis: immunologic mechanisms and tools for controlling the disease - DOI: 10.3395/reciis.v2i1.132en

Tuberculosis and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis: immunologic mechanisms and tools for controlling the disease - DOI: 10.3395/reciis.v2i1.132en

It is estimated that one third of the world’s population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In 2005, the World Health Organization estimated that eight million people died from tuberculosis worldwide. The official indicators point to a decline in tuberculosis rates in the past century but...

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Main Authors: Roberta Olmo Pinheiro, Margareth Pretti Dalcolmo, Elizabeth Pereira Sampaio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde (Icict) da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) 2008-10-01
Series:RECIIS
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
multi-drug resistant
diagnosis
IFN-y
immunologic mechanisms
Online Access:http://www.reciis.cict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/132/152

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