Epidemiology
Once On the Decline, Tuberculosis Cases On The Rebound
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, November 24th, 1997
The specter of the disease is greater in poor countries, but illnesses like AIDS that weaken immune systems gives TB new opportunities to spread in the United States.
"TB remains a challenge. Worldwide, it is huge," said Dr. Quentin Young, a Chicago internist and the president of the 32,000-member American Public Health Association, which is meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Tuberculosis kills 2 million people annually worldwide and 2 billion people have been exposed to it, Young...
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