Discovering tuberculosis : a global history, 1900 to the present / Christian W. McMillen.
By: McMillen, Christian W [author.].
Description: xii, 338 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780300190298 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Tuberculosis, Pulmonary -- history | History, 20th Century | History, 21st Century | Tuberculosis Vaccines -- history | Tuberculosis, Pulmonary -- prevention & controlGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 616.99/5| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RA644.T7 .M285 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000003681 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The rise of race -- The fall of race -- The challenge of tuberculosis -- Preventing TB : American Indians and the BCG vaccine -- BCG goes global -- Questioning BCG : mass resistance in India -- Faith, failure, and the BCG vaccine -- Curing TB : antibiotics, drug resistance, and compliance in Kenya -- The lost promise of antibiotics -- The making of the TB/HIV pandemic -- Prevention, cure, and the search for the cheapest solution -- Prevention vs. cure : isoniazid prophylaxis therapy, dots, and the neglect of HIV/TB and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.