Current Diagnosis of Infant Tuberculosis Infection.

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Author / Creator:Antas, Paulo Renato Zuquim.
Imprint:Sharjah : Bentham Science Publishers, 2012.
Description:1 online resource (115 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11145578
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Other authors / contributors:Santos, Dilvani Oliveira.
Pinheiro, Roberta Olmo.
ISBN:9781608053025
1608053024
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Summary:One of the most extraordinary characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is its capacity to remain within the host's tissues for a long period of time. There is an enormous reservoir of persons latently infected with tuberculosis (LTBI) estimated at about a third of the world's population. From this reservoir arise about 10 million new cases of active TB and more than two million deaths occur annually. Current Diagnosis of Infant Tuberculosis Infection covers problems concerning the diagnosis of LTBI, giving an overview of commercially available options and, unlike most reviews on.
Other form:Print version: Antas, Paulo Renato Zuquim. Current Diagnosis of Infant Tuberculosis Infection. Sharjah : Bentham Science Publishers, ©2012