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Tuberculosis 2007 687 pages Download PDF, 8.3 MB Home Preface 1. History 2. Molecular Evolution 3. Clinical Bacteriology 4. Genomics and Proteomics 5. Immunology/Pathogenesis 6. Host genetics 7. Epidemiology 8. Other M. tuberculosis 9. Molecular Epidemiology 10. New Vaccines 11. Biosafety/Hospital Control 12. Diagnostic Methods 13. Immunological Diagnosis 14. New Diagnostic Methods 15. Tuberculosis in Adults 16. Tuberculosis in Children 17. Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS 18. Treatment and Drugs 19. Drug Resistance 20. New Perspectives Comments and Suggestions Copyright Removal Disclaimer About Editors Juan Carlos Palomino Sylvia Cardoso Leão Viviana Ritacco Contributing Authors
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Viviana Ritacco, MD, PhD
Viviana Ritacco was born in 1947 in Lujan, Argentina. In 1971 she obtained the MD degree at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. She trained as a resident in internal medicine in CEMIC, Buenos Aires. She performed teaching activities on histology at the University of Buenos Aires (1971-1978) and microbiology at the University of Lujan (1988-1992). In 1974, Viviana Ritacco initiated research activities as a fellow of the Academy of Medicine of Buenos Aires and was engaged in projects on immunopathology of two endemic infectious diseases, Argentine Haemorrhagic Fever and Chagas disease. In 1986 she started research on tuberculosis at CEPANZO, a former PAHO/WHO center later known as INPPAZ. She obtained the PhD degree on Medical Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires in 1993 and was appointed Scientist of the National Research Council. Since 2001 she has been working at the National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Argentina. In 1995 Viviana Ritacco became a member of the Tuberculosis Research Network for Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe (RELACTB). Her primary field of work involves applied research related to the management and control of tuberculosis. Other interests are molecular epidemiology of mycobacterioses and systemic fungal diseases.
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