**Meet the editor**

Wellman Ribón, bacteriologist and clinical laboratory professional of the Industrial University of Santander, Master's degree in Biochemistry from Universidad Javeriana; with more than fifteen years of experience as public health adviser, Colciencias (Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia y Tecnología de Colombia) senior researcher in scientific and technological devel-

opment. He has worked at the National Health Institute of Colombia as coordinator of the mycobacteria group, manager of research projects and member of Centro Colombiano de Excelencia de Investigación en Tuberculosis (CCITB), EurolabTB Consortium and the SLAMTB. Currently, Ribón is the Microbiology School director and works as professor and researcher at the Industrial University of Santander,.He is also the director of the Mycobacterium Research laboratory. Mr. Ribón has published articles about tuberculosis, leprosy and mycobacteriosis diseases, and has written four book chapters. His major area of interest and research is Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.

## Contents

### **Preface XI**


Chapter 6 **Tuberculosis Vaccine Development — Its History and Future Directions 123** Elizabeth M. MacDonald and Angelo A. Izzo


Ricardo César Tavares Carvalho, Leone Vinícius Furlanetto, Rafael da Silva Duarte, Luciano Nakazato, Walter Lilenbaum, Eduardo Eustáquio de Souza Figueiredo and Vânia Margaret Flosi Paschoalin

Chapter 10 **Application of High Performance Liquid Chromatography for Identification of Mycobacterium spp 213** Carlos Adam Conte Junior, César Aquiles Lázaro de la Torre, Eduardo Eustáquio de Souza Figueiredo, Walter Lilenbaum and

Vânia M. Flosi Paschoalin
