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Discovering tuberculosis : a global history, 1900 to the present
Title
Discovering tuberculosis : a global history, 1900 to the present / Christian W. McMillen.
ISBN
9780300190298
0300190298
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
Physical Description
xii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 08, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The rise of race
The fall of race
The challenge of tuberculosis
Preventing TB : American Indians and the BCG vaccine
BCG goes global
Questioning BCG : mass resistance in India
Faith, failure, and the BCG vaccine
Curing TB : antibiotics, drug resistance, and compliance in Kenya
The lost promise of antibiotics
The making of the TB/HIV pandemic
Prevention, cure, and the search for the cheapest solution
Prevention vs. cure : isoniazid prophylaxis therapy, dots, and the neglect of HIV/TB and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.
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