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Disease Eradication (TB)
CDC: More Effort Needed To Eliminate Tuberculosis
August 23rd, 1999
In an effort to finally stamp out tuberculosis (TB) in the United States, U.S. health officials have unveiled a plan that calls for new methods of treating and preventing the disease. The nation's TB rate is at an all-time low of seven cases per 100,000 people, but doctors worry that drug-resistant strains of TB may be spreading. That, combined with complacency and global TB outbreaks, could cause a resurgence in the United States. "We're interested in seeing tuberculosis become a disease of the past, but it's not yet," said Dr. Ronald Valdiserri, CDC's National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention. "We have to be mindful that the disease is...
Source: AIDS Weekly (1999-08-23)
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