Role of Interferons in the Development of Diagnostics, Vaccines, and Therapy for Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). About one-third of the world's population is latently infected with TB and 5-15% of them will develop active TB in their lifetime. It is estimated that each case of active TB may cause 10-20 new infections. H...
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation,
2017.
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