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Tuberculosis Eradication
Global initiative for TB screening and treatment is an important step to combat TB
January 17th, 2006
A global initiative for tuberculosis screening and treatment is an important step towards combating tuberculosis. According to a recent report from the United States, "The beginning and the end of the 20th century were marked by great pandemics: influenza and AIDS. "Medical journals do not describe any major tuberculosis (TB) pandemics in the 20th century. Yet TB likely was responsible for more deaths in the last 100 years than influenza and HIV combined." "Steadily, insidiously, millions of people die from TB every year. Even under optimal TB control conditions," said T.F. Brewer and colleagues at Mt. Auburn Hospital in...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2006-01-17)
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