Finer, Kim Renee,  1956- <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (page 113) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Discusses the history of tuberculosis, including the researchers looking for a cure, the effects on the body, transmission, and the treatment of the disease. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781617530173 1617530174 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011011157 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB2B5755  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Tuberculosis--Juvenile literature.<br/>Tuberculosis.<br/>Tuberculosis.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Juvenile works.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC311.1  / .F54 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.9/95