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1	History Sylvia Cardoso Leão and Françoise Portaels
2	Molecular Evolution of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Nalin Rastogi and Christophe Sola
3	The Basics of Clinical Bacteriology Lucía Barrera
4	Genomics and Proteomics Patricia Del Portillo, Alejandro Reyes, Leiria Salazar, María del Carmen Menéndez and María Jesús García
5	Immunology, Pathogenesis, Virulence Rogelio Hernández-Pando, Rommel Chacón-Salinas, Jeanet Serafín-López, and Iris Estrada
6	Host Genetics and Susceptibility Howard E. Takiff
7	Global Burden of Tuberculosis Ernesto Montoro and Rodolfo Rodriguez
8	Tuberculosis caused by Other Members of the M. tuberculosis Complex Angel Cataldi and Maria Isabel Romano
9	Molecular Epidemiology: Breakthrough Achievements and Future Prospects Dick van Soolingen, Kristin Kremer, and Peter W.M. Hermans
10	New Vaccines against Tuberculosis Carlos Martín, Fabiana Bigi and Brigitte Gicquel
11	Biosafety and Hospital Control Maria Alice Telles and Afranio Kritski
12	Conventional Diagnostic Methods Jacobus H. de Waard and Jaime Robledo
13	Immunological Diagnosis Mahavir Singh and Clara Espitia
14	New Diagnostic Methods Enrico Tortoli and Juan Carlos Palomino
15	Tuberculosis in Adults Afranio Kritski and Fernando Augusto Fiuza de Melo
16	Tuberculosis in Children Nora Morcillo
17	Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Domingo J. Palmero
18	Drugs and Drug Interactions Pedro Almeida da Silva and José A. Aínsa
19	Drug Resistance and Drug Resistance Detection Anandi Martin and Françoise Portaels
20	New Developments and Perspectives Viviana Ritacco, Sylvia Cardoso Leão and Juan Carlos Palomino

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