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Tuberculosis
New tuberculosis research has been reported by scientists at Duke University
February 17th, 2009
"Excess alcohol use represents a significant challenge in tuberculosis control. Whether alcohol use enhances transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is not known," scientists writing in the Journal of Infection report. "We analyzed North Carolina, USA surveillance data for all adult (> 14 years) tuberculosis cases reported 1994-2006 (N = 5556). The prevalence of excess alcohol use among tuberculosis cases declined from 27.3% in 1994 to 17.9% in 2006. Cases with excess alcohol use were more likely to have pulmonary tuberculosis compared with cases without excess alcohol use (92.5% vs. 77.2%, p< 0.0001). Among pulmonary cases, excess alcohol use was...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-02-17)
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