Faithful Experimental Models of Human Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection
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In spite of the remarkable progress made by the medical science in the last century, the effectiveness of tuberculosis (TB) treatment and vaccination has remained less than satisfactory. This has placed a very high burden on the public health systems of the third world. Annually, about 1.5 million deaths are attributed to TB [1]. The number of new cases seems to be on the rise, topping 9 million in the recent years [1]. Co-infection with HIVAIDS has further worsened the global TB situation [2]. A further concern is the advent of drug resistant (including multiand extensively-drug resistant) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) [3].
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