TY  - BOOK
AU  - Finer,Kim Renee
AU  - Hecht,Alan
TI  - Tuberculosis
T2  - Deadly diseases and epidemics
SN  - 9781617530173
AV  - RC311.1 .F54 2011
U1  - 616.9/95 22
PY  - 0000///
CY  - New York
PB  - Chelsea House
KW  - Tuberculosis
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - fast
KW  - sears
KW  - Juvenile works
N1  - 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
N2  - Discusses the history of tuberculosis, including the researchers looking for a cure, the effects on the body, transmission, and the treatment of the disease
ER  -