Browsing Theses and Dissertations (University of Pretoria) by Subject "M. tuberculosis"

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Assessment of mycolic acids as ligand for nanoencapsulated anti-tuberculosis drug targeting

Lemmer, Yolandy (University of Pretoria, 2010-10-23)

South Africa currently has the highest incidence of TB per 100 000 people in the world. In 2007 alone 112 000 people died of TB in South Africa, of which 94 000 were co-infected with HIV. Although TB treatments exist, poor ...
The prevalence of isoniazid and rifampicin resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Veldsman, Chrisna (University of Pretoria, 2010-05-13)

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that eight million new cases of tuberculosis (TB) occur every year and that one-third of the world’s population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). ...
Structure-function relationships of mycolic acids in tuberculosis

Deysel, Martha Susanna Madrey (University of Pretoria, 2008-09-22)

Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death among HIV infected people. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis), the causative agent of TB, features a distinctive lipid-rich cell wall with mycolic acids (MA) the ...

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