Tuberculosis: Basic and Clinical Relevant Aspects

Alejandro Schcolnik-Cabrera and Patricia Orduna
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Alejandro Schcolnik-Cabrera: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Patricia Orduna: Department of Microbioma, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico

International Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences, 2017, vol. 1, issue 3, 42-69

Abstract: Tuberculosis remains a major public health problem around the world. This disease is caused by M. tuberculosis. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated 10.4 million new tuberculosis cases worldwide in 2015 and 1.4 million of deaths in the same period. Besides, an estimated of 2 billion people worldwide have latent tuberculosis infection, from which 10% will develop tuberculosis disease.

Keywords: uniper publishers:International Journal of Pulmonary; Journal of Pulmonary Sciences; Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences; Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences; pulmonary & respiratory medicine open access journals; pulmonary & respiratory medicine impact factor journals; pulmonary & respiratory medicine peer review journals; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; pulmonary arterial hypertension impact factor journals; pulmonary aspergillosis high impact factor journals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.19080/IJOPRS.2017.01.555561

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