Author: Arthur M. Dannenberg, Jr., Center for Tuberculosis Research

This work examines the pathogenesis of human pulmonary tuberculosis in all of its stages, with a primary focus on the rabbit model. Tuberculosis in the rabbit most closely resembles that found in humans, including caseous necrosis, liquefaction, and cavity formation with bronchial spread of the disease. Other animal models-mouse, guinea pig, and monkey-are compared with the rabbit and human models.

Hardcover, 468 pages, illustrations, glossary, index.

Publication Date: September 2006. Publisher: ASM Press