Stop TB: A long way to go, but new twists & turns in the science

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-111

  Rook, Graham A W ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CATHELICIDIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG MISUSE; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNET; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34147116864     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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