TARGETING DORMANT BACILLI TO FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), which kills about 2 million people annually. Furthermore, 2 billion people worldwide are latently infected with this organism, with 10% of them reactivating to active TB due to re-growth of nonreplicating (dormant...

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Main Authors: Lanfranco Fattorini, Giovanni Piccaro, Alessandro Mustazzolu, Federico Giannoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mattioli1885 2013-11-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/426