Tuberculosis / Kim R. Finer and Alan Hecht ; consulting editor, Hilary Babcock ; foreword by David Heymann.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Deadly diseases and epidemicsPublication details: New York : Chelsea House, Edition: 2nd edDescription: 128 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781617530173
  • 1617530174
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 616.9/95 22
LOC classification:
  • RC311.1 .F54 2011
Contents:
Tuberculosis throughout time -- Robert Koch, Selman Waksman, and the near defeat of tuberculosis -- The tuberculosis bacterium -- Consumption : what happens when 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: Discusses the history of tuberculosis, including the researchers looking for a cure, the effects on the body, transmission, and the treatment of the disease.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 113) and index.

Tuberculosis throughout time -- Robert Koch, Selman Waksman, and the near defeat of tuberculosis -- The tuberculosis bacterium -- Consumption : what happens when 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.

Discusses the history of tuberculosis, including the researchers looking for a cure, the effects on the body, transmission, and the treatment of the disease.

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