Recent advances in non-specific immune memory against bovine tuberculosis

Recent Advances in Immunization of Horses Against African Horsesickness

Recent Advances in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

We are glad to welcome a third edition of this excellent book which needs no introduction to students of phthisiology. The plan of the book has remained the same but most of the chapters Have been re-written and new chapters on infectivity and immunity, childhood tuberculosis and bovine tuberculosis and on classification and types of tuberculosis, including chronic miliary tuberculosis have bee...

Recent Advances in Hemophilia Gene Therapy

Heterogeneous loss of function mutations at F8 and F9 genes causes X-linked recessive bleeding disorders, hemophilia A (HA) and hemophilia B (HB), respectively. HA is clinically indistinguishable from HB and accounts for more than 80% of hemophilia cases; the former affects 1/5000 and the latter 1/25000 male births worldwide. In Iran, it is estimated that around 4300 HA and 900 HB patients are ...

Recent tuberculosis advances in Latin America.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Tuberculosis kills more people than any other infection. Despite advances in diagnostic methods and greater understanding of the reasons for treatment failure, tuberculosis remains common throughout Latin America. RECENT FINDINGS The impact of HIV and multidrug resistance on tuberculosis control has been enormous. HIV-positive patients may be at 10 times greater risk of mult...

Recent Advances in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is an important health problem requiring early diagnosis for timely initiation of therapy and control of disease transmission. Though, conventional techniques, such as detection of acid fast bacilli by Ziehl-Neelsen staining, are very economical, yet have a low sensitivity. Isolation of mycobacteria by culture on Lowenstein Jensen media, considered to be the gold standard, is not o...