Innate immunity in tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis, one of the most important infectious diseases that kill about 3 millions of people per year, caused by aerobic, non – spore – forming, non – motile bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, contains a coat that is waxy and stains red using an acid – fast stain.... ... ... This disease that commonly affects the lung was first isolated by a German physician, Robert Koch, in 1882 who subsequently received a Nobel Prize following its discovery (Schiffman, 2008)....