Clinical Applications of Monoclonal Antibodies against Mycobacteria

作者: A. R. M. Coates , P. Baird , H. Nicholai , Y. Nitzan

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-1573-5_15

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摘要: The most important mycobacterial diseases are tuberculosis which is caused by Mycobacterium and leprosy, due to M. leprae. There about 40 million cases of leprosy in the world. Tuberculosis still kills more people than any other infectious disease, leading 2–3 deaths each year.

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