Tuberculosis and the Tubercle Bacillus

A review of the corpus of knowledge available to researchers in the field. * Examines current issues related to tuberculosis, including clinical and epidemiological features of the disease-causing strains. * Explores genetics, genomics, cell structure, and metabolism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. * Discusses the host-bacillus relationship and presents information on animal models and their roles in prevention of tuberculosis. This title is published by the American Society for Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.