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Tuberculosis
Research from A. Zumla et al has provided new information about tuberculosis
April 14th, 2009
"Tuberculosis continues to be one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality from infectious disease worldwide. When WHO declared tuberculosis a global emergency in 1993, the initial response from the international community was sluggish and inadequate," investigators in London, the United Kingdom report. "A resurgence of the disease, the emergence of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant strains, and the detrimental effect of the concurrent tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS epidemics on national control programmes in sub-Saharan Africa have all occurred despite the availability of effective combination treatment regimens. On the positive side, funding...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-14)
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