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Sunday, April 5, 2009

HIV and TB Double Whammy

This report from the BBC provides new figures regarding the number of people infected with Tuberculosis. A Horizon programme a couple of years ago highlighted the risks of drug resistant TB developing, especially as a result of HIV patients with a reduced immune system contracting TB. The HIV and TB combination is a double whammy, with the potential of more people developing drug resistant TB if untreated and spreading it on to the general population.

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