1. Towards host-directed therapies for tuberculosis.
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Zumla, Alimuddin, Chakaya, Jeremiah, Hoelscher, Michael, Ntoumi, Francine, Rustomjee, Roxana, Vilaplana, Cristina, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Rasolof, Voahangy, Munderi, Paula, Singh, Nalini, Aklillu, Eleni, Padayatchi, Nesri, Macete, Eusebio, Kapata, Nathan, Mulenga, Modest, Kibiki, Gibson, Mfinanga, Sayoki, Nyirenda, Thomas, Maboko, Leonard, and Garcia-Basteiro, Alberto
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MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis , *TUBERCULOSIS treatment , *MYCOBACTERIAL disease diagnosis , *THERAPEUTICS - Abstract
The treatment of tuberculosis is based on combinations of drugs that directly target Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A new global initiative is now focusing on a complementary approach of developing adjunct host-directed therapies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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