Immunology of tuberculosis.

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serval:BIB_2C748CE48C48
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
Collection
Publications
Title
Immunology of tuberculosis.
Journal
Swiss medical weekly
Author(s)
Nicod L.P.
ISSN
1424-7860 (Print)
ISSN-L
0036-7672
Publication state
Published
Issued date
30/06/2007
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
137
Number
25-26
Pages
357-362
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Review
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection remains widespread, but the disease is generally limited to the primary infection stage. Patients with an immune defect or impaired immunity are more prone to develop the disease. A total of 8-10 million individuals are affected worldwide every year. A good understanding of Mtb immunity is therefore important to prevent tuberculosis or to develop new vaccines, based on immunomodulators already used for various diseases, and on the knowledge acquired since the unravelling of the genomic structure of Mtb.

Keywords
Antibodies, Bacterial/immunology, Antibodies, Bacterial/physiology, HIV Infections/complications, Humans, Mycobacterium tuberculosis/genetics, Mycobacterium tuberculosis/immunology, Risk Factors, Tuberculosis/etiology, Tuberculosis/immunology, Tuberculosis/prevention & control, Tuberculosis Vaccines
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