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Tuberculosis
New tuberculosis research reported from USA Scientific
September 9th, 2008
"Military personnel serving at remote camps in the border regions of northeastern Afghanistan may experience crowded living conditions and may have frequent interaction with local national (LN) workers, increasing the risk of exposure to multiple endemic diseases including tuberculosis (TB). In January 2007, pulmonary TB was clinically suspected in a LN worker who had close contact with a company of 92 U.S.," scientists writing in the journal Military Medicine report. "Army personnel at a remote camp in Konar province, Afghanistan, over 4 months. This report describes the results of the contact investigation conducted by the U.S. Army, in which four U.S....
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-09)
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