Tuberculosis Host-Pathogen Interactions

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Cirillo, Jeffrey D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kong, Ying (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Medical microbiology.; Immunology.; Infectious diseases.; Medical Microbiology.; Infectious Diseases.

Historically, tuberculosis was one of the first organisms associated with disease. Yet, despite progress, tuberculosis remains the most frequent cause of death in humans due to a single infectious agent. This text describes some of the recent, state-of-the-art advances related to our understanding o...

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