Tuberculosis: an ancient disease that remains a medical, social, economical and ethical issue

J Prev Med Hyg. 2020 Apr 30;61(1 Suppl 1):E16-E18. doi: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2020.61.1s1.1475. eCollection 2020 Mar.

M Martini^{1

2

3}, N Riccardi^{3

4}, A Giacomelli^{5

6}, V Gazzaniga^{7

8}, G Besozzi^{3

9}

¹ Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Italy.
² UNESCO Chair "Anthropology of Health - Biosphere and Healing System", University of Genoa, Italy.
³ StopTB Italia Onlus, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Infectious - Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy.
⁵ III Infectious Disease Unit, ASST-FBF-Sacco, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, L. Sacco, University of Milan, Italy.
⁷ Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁸ President of Italian Society of Human Sciences in Medicine (SISUMed), Rome Italy.
⁹ Villa Marelli Insitute, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: Disease of poverty; Ethics; History; Tuberculosis.

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