TARGETING DORMANT BACILLI TO FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), which kills about 2 million people annually. Furthermore, 2 billion people worldwide are latently infected with this organism, with 10% of them reactivating to active TB due to re-growth of nonreplicating (dormant...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2013-11-01
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| Series: | Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/426 |