Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Understanding Tuberculosis - Analyzing the Origin of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Pathogenicity

Book metrics overview

77,101 Chapter Downloads

View Full Metrics

Academic Editor

Pere-Joan Cardona
Pere-Joan Cardona

Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol,
Spain

Published24 February 2012

Doi10.5772/2478

ISBN978-953-307-942-4

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-4348-2

Copyright year2012

Number of pages572

Read more
Order Print Copy
BKCI

Indexed in the Book Citation Index (BKCI) in Web of Science Core Collection™

Edited Volume and chapters are indexed in

  • World Of Science
  • BKCI
  • BIOSIS Previews
  • Google Scholar
  • DOAB
  • Crossref
  • Dimension
  • OpenAIRE
  • AZ ebsco
Show more

Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

3. Host–Pathogen Interactions in Tuberculosis

By Clara Espitia, Eden Rodríguez, Lucero Ramón-Luing, Gabriela Echeverría-Valencia and Antonio J. Vallecillo

3,448
4
6. The Role of Non-Phagocytic Cells in Mycobacterial Infections

By B.E. Garcia-Perez, N.S. Castrejon-Jimenez and J. Luna-Herrera

3,024
2
2,383
10. Immunoregulatory Role of GM-CSF in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

By Zissis C. Chroneos and Chinnaswamy Jagannath

2,484
11. Double Edge Sword: The Role of Neutrophils in Tuberculosis

By Patricia González-Cano, Rommel Chacón-Salinas, Victoria Ramos-Kichik, Rogelio Hernández-Pando, Jeanet Serafín-López, Georgina Filio-Rodríguez, Sergio Estrada-Parra and Iris Estrada-García

4,117
3
3,026
6
14. MHC Polymorphism and Tuberculosis Disease

By Khalid Sadki, Youssef Bakri, M'Hamed Tijane and Saaid Amzazi

3,167
15. Partial Mapping of the IL-10 Promoter Region: Identification of New SNPs and Association with Tuberculosis Outcome in Brazilians

By L.B. Spinassé, M.Q.P. Lopes, A.B. Miranda, R.L.F. Teixeira, F.C.Q. Mello, J.R. Lapa e Silva, P.N. Suffys and A.R. Santos

2,026
17. Immune Responses Against Mycobacterium

By Toshi Nagata and Yukio Koide

5,156
18. Towards a New Challenge in TB Control: Development of Antibody-Based Protection

By Armando Acosta, Yamile Lopez, Norazmi Mohd Nor, Rogelio Hernández Pando, Nadine Alvarez and Maria Elena Sarmiento

2,105
1
20. The Hidden History of Tuberculin

By Cristina Vilaplana and Pere-Joan Cardona

2,677
2,244
1
22. Therapy for Tuberculosis: M. vaccae Inclusion into Routine Treatment

By Diana G. Dlugovitzky, Cynthia Stanford and John Stanford

1,991
23. Adjuvant Interferon Gamma in the Management of Multidrug - Resistant Tuberculosis

By Idrian García-García, María T Milanés-Virelles, Pedro A López-Saura, Roberto Suárez-Méndez, Magalys Valdés-Quintana, Norma Fernández-Olivera, Carmen M Valenzuela-Silva, Lidia González- Méndez, Yamilet Santos-Herrera, Gladys Abreu-Suárez and Isis Cayón-Escobar

3,108

IMPACT OF THIS BOOK AND ITS CHAPTERS

77,101 Total Chapter Downloads

3,300 Total Chapter Views

35 Crossref Citations

55 Web of Science Citations

90 Dimensions Citations

1 Altmetric Score

Order a print copy of this book

£159 (ex. VAT)*

Hardcover | Printed Full Colour

IntechOpen Contributor? Get your Discount

FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE

Order & Delivery info

* Residents of European Union countries need to add a Book Value-Added Tax Rate based on their country of residence. Institutions and companies, registered as VAT taxable entities in their own EU member state, will not pay VAT by providing IntechOpen with their VAT registration number. This is made possible by the EU reverse charge method.

Instructor? Request an Exam Copy