AIDS and Tuberculosis: A Deadly Liaison

The only book to place a clear emphasis on the increasing number of patients suffering from both tuberculosis and AIDS, unique in combining expertise from both fields.

The immune deficiency AIDS leads to a drastic increase in susceptibility to Tuberculosis. Accordingly, co-infections of tuberculosis (TB) and AIDS have increased dramatically over the last decades and have already killed more than 5 million people worldwide. Currently, no vaccines are available for either of these diseases leaving doctors with limited options for prevention.

This perfect storm of pandemics is analysed and explained for the first time in this groundbreaking title, edited by two of the most accomplished experts in this area, Prof. Dr. h.c. Stefan Kaufmann at the Max-Planck Institute for infectious diseases in Berlin, Germany, and Prof. Dr. Bruce Walker, director of the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard in Boston, USA.

This title brings together scientists from the forefront of research to explore and combine state-of-the-art studies in drug interactions and disease therapies, providing the latest information about prevention, therapy, and diagno

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Wiley

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Kaufmann, Stefan H.E. and Walker, Bruce D.

ISBN:

978-3-52-732270-1

Specialty:

• Microbiology

Language:

English

Edition:

1st

Pages:

320

Publication Year:

2009

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