AIDS and tuberculosis a deadly liaison /

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...

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Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Group Author: Kaufmann, S. H. E. (Stefan H. E.); Walker, Bruce D., 1952-
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Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: Infection biology handbook series
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9783527627905
Summary: 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. Dr. h.c. Stefan Kaufmann at the Max-Planck I.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xx, 300 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9783527627905
3527627901
9783527627912 (electronic bk.)
352762791X (electronic bk.)
Index Number: RA643
CLC: R512.91
Contents: 8 HIV-Associated Tuberculosis: Clinical Challenges9 TB/AIDS Coinfection: An Integrated Clinical and Research Response; 10 Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS; 11 Clinical Issues (Including Diagnosis): Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS); Index.