Alginate-Capped Silver Nanoparticles as a Potent Anti-mycobacterial Agent Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

• Main Authors: Cheng-Cheung Chen (Author), Yih-Yuan Chen (Author), Chang-Ching Yeh (Author), Chia-Wei Hsu (Author), Shang-Jie Yu (Author), Chih-Hao Hsu (Author), Ting-Chun Wei (Author), Sin-Ni Ho (Author), Pei-Chu Tsai (Author), Yung-Deng Song (Author), Hui-Ju Yen (Author), Xin-An Chen (Author), Jenn-Jong Young (Author), Chuan-Chung Chuang (Author), Horng-Yunn Dou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Although progress has been made in TB control, still about 10 million people worldwide develop TB annually and 1.5 million die of the disease. The rapid emergence of aggressive, drug-resis...