Overview
- Provides a detailed account of the systems biology of tuberculosis
- This book describes how systems biology can be applied to the control of tuberculosis, including the development of new treatments
- Readers are given an account of how systems biology is providing insights into tuberculosis
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The book starts with a general introduction into the relevance of systems biology for understanding tuberculosis. This will be followed by several chapters which describe the application of systems biology to various aspects of the study of the pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and its interaction with the host. The book provides the reader with an account of how the new science of systems biology is providing novel insights into the ancient scourge of tuberculosis. It will also describe how systems biology can be applied to the control of tuberculosis, including the development of new treatments, vaccines and diagnostics.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Systems Biology of Tuberculosis
Editors: Johnjoe McFadden, Dany J.V. Beste, Andrzej M. Kierzek
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4966-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-4965-2
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9739-5
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-4966-9
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 228
Topics: Systems Biology, Microbiology, Medical Microbiology