Half a century of Tuberculosis control
- Author:
Dinh Ngoc Sy
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Tuberculosis
- MeSH:
Tuberculosis;
Streptomycin;
Nobel Prize
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2003;1():9-10
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Before the era of streptomycine (1952) first used by Selman Walsman, the human history was sunken in thick shadow of tuberculosis. The dead of tuberculosis had dispossessed the life of numerous persons. The discovery of this medication had changed the history. Gerhard Domagk (1939) had rewarded Nobel Prize for his invention to discover protosil the first medication of tuberculosis. DOTS was appreciated as the best option in most efficient intervention. Since May 2001 DOTS enlarged programme was developed world wide
