| [recent progress in mycobacteriology]. | mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the most successful bacterial parasites of humans, infecting over one-third of the population of the world as latent infection without clinical manifestations. over 8.8 million new cases and nearly 2 million deaths by tuberculosis (tb) occur annually. tb poses a significant health threat to the world population. the goal of this symposium is to open new avenues for combating tuberculosis. the speakers have presented their data and provided control strategies ... | 2007 | 18018602 |