Bibliograph

Tuberculosis, Kim R. Finer ; consulting editor, I. Edward Alcamo ; foreword by David Heymann

Type

Label

Tuberculosis, Kim R. Finer ; consulting editor, I. Edward Alcamo ; foreword by David Heymann

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-103) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tuberculosis

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

51293914

Responsibility statement

Kim R. Finer ; consulting editor, I. Edward Alcamo ; foreword by David Heymann

Table Of Contents

Tuberculosis throughout time -- Robert Koch, Selman Waksman, and the near defeat of tuberculosis -- The tuberculosis bacterium -- Consumption: what happens once 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

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification