Tuberculosis /
Finer, Kim Renee, 1956-
Tuberculosis / Kim R. Finer and Alan Hecht ; consulting editor, Hilary Babcock ; foreword by David Heymann. - 2nd ed. - New York : Chelsea House, - 128 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm. - Deadly diseases and epidemics . - Deadly diseases and epidemics. .
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.
9781617530173 1617530174
2011011157
GBB2B5755 bnb
Tuberculosis--Juvenile literature.
Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis.
Juvenile works.
RC311.1 / .F54 2011
616.9/95
Tuberculosis / Kim R. Finer and Alan Hecht ; consulting editor, Hilary Babcock ; foreword by David Heymann. - 2nd ed. - New York : Chelsea House, - 128 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm. - Deadly diseases and epidemics . - Deadly diseases and epidemics. .
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.
9781617530173 1617530174
2011011157
GBB2B5755 bnb
Tuberculosis--Juvenile literature.
Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis.
Juvenile works.
RC311.1 / .F54 2011
616.9/95