Tuberculosis Then and Now Perspectives on the History of an Infectious Disease |
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| Author:
| Condrau, Flurin
Worboys, Michael |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7735-7704-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Publisher: | McGill-Queen's University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $95.00 |
Book Description:
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One-third of the world's population is currently infected with the TB bacillus and up to ten percent of these individuals will go on to develop tuberculosis. Today the disease is most prevalent in Africa and South Asia, but a century and a half ago it was the largest single cause of death in Europe and North America.
One-third of the world's population is currently infected with the TB bacillus and up to ten percent of these individuals will go on to develop tuberculosis. Today the disease is most prevalent in Africa and South Asia, but a century and a half ago it was the largest single cause of death in Europe and North America.