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Handbook of Tuberculosis: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

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Handbook of Tuberculosis: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

The Handbook of Tuberculosis, which explores the causes and available treatments of the widespread infection as well as current research into vaccination, is divided into three separate volumes covering different areas of study. Each volume is a resource to molecular and cell biologists, bacteriologists, immunologists, pathologists and pathophysiologists, clinicians and those working in the pharmaceutical industry and interested in world health. Volume 1: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Volume 2: Immunology and Cell Biology Volume 3: Clinics, Diagnostics, Therapy and Epidemiology

Author:

Kaufmann, S.H.E. & Rubin, E., John Wiley and Sons, Incorporated

Audiences:

Lab Personnel

Topic:

Diagnosis, Diagnosis- Laboratory Procedures, TB Treatment, Treatment- Medication Information

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