Search for dissertations about: "tuberculosis consequences"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words tuberculosis consequences.

2. 1. Biased Evolution : Causes and Consequences

   Author : Gerrit Brandis; Diarmaid Hughes; Erik Böttger; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Evolution; Codon usage bias; Post-transcriptional regulation; Recombination; Inversion; EF-Tu; Frameshift suppression; Antibiotic resistance; Rifampicin; Ciprofloxacin; Compensatory evolution; Drug efflux; RNA polymerase; DNA gyrase; Mikrobiologi; Microbiology;

   Abstract : In evolution alternative genetic trajectories can potentially lead to similar phenotypic outcomes. However, certain trajectories are preferred over others. These preferences bias the genomes of living organisms and the underlying processes can be observed in ongoing evolution. READ MORE

4. 2. Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis

   Author : Ramona Groenheit; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Tuberculosis is a global epidemic, with one third of the world’s population estimated to be infected, around 9 million new active cases per year and close to 2 million deaths per year. Without adequate chemotherapy tuberculosis may be a mortal disease. READ MORE

5. 3. Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis

   Author : Ramona Petersson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Tuberculosis (TB) is a global epidemic, with one third of the world's population infected, at least 9 million new active cases per year and about 2 million deaths per year. Without adequate chemotherapy treatment TB may be a mortal disease. READ MORE

6. 4. Helminths and immunity against tuberculosis

   Author : Daniel Elias; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : tuberculosis; BCG; helminths; immunomodulation; vaccination;

   Abstract : The efficacy of Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) is low and incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is high in those areas where helminths are endemic. Protection against tuberculosis requires strong cell mediated immunity while chronic helminth infections induce responses characterized by dominant Th2 responses as well as up-regulated regulatory T cell activity. READ MORE

7. 5. Who died, where, when and why? : an investigation of HIV-related mortality in rural South Africa

   Author : Paul Mee; Peter Byass; Mark A Collinson; Sangeetha Madhavan; Frank Tanser; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; HIV; AIDS; Mortality; Determinants; Risk Factor; Spatial Epidemiology; Structural Determinant; Antiretroviral Therapy; Healthcare Access; South Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Traditional Medical Practitioner; Traditional Medicine; Tuberculosis; Health and Demographic Surveillance System; Global Health; Population Health; Epidemiology; Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

   Abstract : BackgroundSouth Africa has experienced the most severe consequences of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Every community has been affected in some way, many experiencing huge increases in mortality,particularly before antiretroviral therapies (ART) were readily available. READ MORE