Wednesday, June 20, 2012

"Untreatable" tuberculosis in India: "...it's just the tip of the iceberg,"..."We've got nothing."

http://www.newsmaxhealth.com/health_stories/untreatable_tuberculosis/2012/06/20/457665.html


India Confronts 'Untreatable' TB
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 11:50 AM
By Nick Tate


"TB is a communicable, airborne disease that usually attacks the lungs and often strikes people living in poverty. Healthy, well-fed people are less likely to contract the disease when exposed.
India has the largest number of the world's cases — 2.3 million of the nearly nine million people afflicted annually. About 100,000 of India's patients are estimated to have drug-resistant strains."



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