**UNDERSTANDING TUBERCULOSIS – ANALYZING THE ORIGIN OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS PATHOGENICITY**

Edited by **Pere-Joan Cardona**

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/2478 Edited by Pere-Joan Cardona

#### **Contributors**

Elsa Anes, Maria Lerm, Susanna Brighenti, Khalid Sadki, M'Hamed Tijane, Saaid Amzazi, Youssef Bakri, Toshi Nagata, Yukio Koide, Susan Baldwin, Rhea Coler, Steven Reed, Idrian García, Zissis Chroneos, Chinnaswamy Jagannath, Pere-Joan Cardona, Clara I Espitia, Eden Rodríguez, Lucero Ramon, Gabriela Echeverria-Valencia, Antonio J Vallecillo, Blanca-Estela García-Pérez, Julieta Luna-Herrera, Nayeli Shantal Castrejon-Jimenez, Juraj Ivanyi, Rajko Reljic, Yanfeng Gao, Yuan-Ming Qi, Fei Chen, Sergey Alekseevich Arkhipov, Carmen Martha Elinos, Cristina Vilaplana, Jordi B. Torrelles, Iris Estrada-García, Patricia González-Cano, Victoria Ramos-Kichik, Jeanet Serafin-Lopez, Sergio Estrada-Parra, Rommel Chacon-Salinas, Georgina Filio-Rodriguez, Rogelio Hernandez-Pando, Maria Sasiain, Pablo Schierloh, Silvia De La Barrera, Wahib Mahana, Diana Graciela Dlugovitzky, Ryffel, Armando Acosta, Yamilé López, Maria Elena Sarmiento, Mohd Nor Norazmi, Nadine Alvarez, Fernanda Mello, Adalberto Santos, Lizania Spinasse, Marcia Lopes, Raquel Teixeira, Antonio De Miranda, José Roberto Lapa E Silva, Philip Noel Suffys, Irina Lyadova, Nadia Caccamo, Francesco Dieli

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Understanding Tuberculosis - Analyzing the Origin of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Pathogenicity Edited by Pere-Joan Cardona p. cm. ISBN 978-953-307-942-4 eBook (PDF) ISBN 978-953-51-4348-2
