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Search for New Drugs for Treatment of Tuberculosis

Year: 2001

Type: article

Abstract: The purpose of this brief commentary is to describe the growing effort to discover new drugs that can be used to treat disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis . In this regard, it is estimated that over 8 million people contract tuberculosis each year, and approximately 2 to 3 million people

Source: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

DOI: 10.1128/aac.45.7.1943-1946.2001

Author: Tuberculosis Drug Screening Program*

Institution: Colorado State University

Language: English

Topic: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases