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Bird flu? What about tuberculosis?

Posted in Science by Riskable on the September 6th, 2006

Unlike Bird Flu, this is a very real, deadly serious imminent threat to the health of the world:

Extreme drug resistant TB (XDR TB) has been seen worldwide, including in the US, Eastern Europe and Africa.

Even worse…

In Kwazulu-Natal, in South Africa, 53 patients were found with XDR TB. Of these, 52 died within 25 days, and 44 of the 53 had been tested for HIV and were all found to be HIV positive. [Dr Nunn] said XDR TB could have a bigger impact on developing nations, including Africa, because of the prevalence of HIV.

Very scary.

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