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The never-ending story of the fight against tuberculosis: from Koch’s bacillus to global control programs

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest diseases known to affect humanity, and is still a major public health problem. It is caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MT), isolated in 1882 by Robert Koch. Until the 1950s, X rays were used as a cheap method of diagnostic screening together wi...

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Autores principales: MARTINI, M., BESOZZI, G., BARBERIS, I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pacini Editore srl 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6196368/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30397682
http://dx.doi.org/10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2018.59.3.1051