TUBERCULOSIS VACCINES: CURRENT STATE AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infects nearly 2 billion people worldwide, with around 9 million new cases and 1.5 million deaths from tuberculosis (TB) each year. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the only other infectious disease responsible for more deaths each year than Mtb. A strategy th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olimpia Nicolaescu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Amaltea Medical Publishing House 2017-03-01
Series:Romanian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
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Online Access:https://revistemedicale.amaltea.ro/Romanian_Journal_of_INFECTIOUS_DISEASES/Revista_Romana_de_BOLI_INFECTIOASE-2017-Nr.1/RJID_2017_1_EN_Art-01.pdf