The new profile of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Russia : a global and local perspective : summary of a joing workshop by the Institute of Medicine and the Russian Academy of Medical Science

The new profile of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Russia a global and local perspective : summary of a joing workshop by the Institute of Medicine and the Russian Academy of Medical Science

An estimated 2 billion people, one third of the global population, are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. Spread through the air, this infectious disease killed 1.7 million in 2009, and is the leading killer of people with HIV. Tuberculosis (TB) is also...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (-)
Autores Corporativos: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation, Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Health Sciences Policy, Rossiiskaia akademiia meditsinskikh nauk
Otros Autores: Olsen, Steve (-), English, Rebecca, Claiborne, Anne
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press 2011.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Tuberculosis > Russia.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Boxes""; ""Acronyms""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 A Global Perspective on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis""; ""3 Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the Russian Federation""; ""4 Transmission and Infection Control of Drug-Resistant TB""; ""5 Diagnosis of Drug-Resistant TB""; ""6 Treatment of Drug-Resistant TB""; ""7 TB and Drug-Resistant TB in Vulnerable Populations""; ""8 The Second-Line Drug Supply Chain""; ""9 The Development of New TB Diagnostics and Drugs""; ""10 Convergence of Science and Policy to Create a Call for Action""
  • ""References""""Appendix A: Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Summary of a Meeting of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Held May 24-25, 2010, Moscow, Russian Federation""; ""Appendix C: Participant Biographies""

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