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Analysis of 18FDG PET/CT Imaging as a Tool for Studying Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection and Treatment in Non-human Primates
Published on: September 5, 2017
[Tuberculosis--current news about the "white pestilence" in the year 2004]
1pnduke@uniklinik-saarland.de
Abstract:
Among infectious diseases tuberculosis is the second leading cause of death world-wide, killing nearly 2 million people each year. In Africa the incidence of tuberculosis has increased mainly as a result of the burden of HIV infection, and in the former Soviet Union due to socio-economic changes and a decline of the healthcare system. Chemotherapeutic treatment with several drugs for 6 months or more can deliver cure to more than 95% of the patients. Direct observation of treatment (DOT) is regarded as the standard of care.
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