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According to the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2005, nearly one-third
of the world's population is infected with Tuberculosis (TB), which kills almost
2 million people
per year. TB is now the second most common cause of death from infectious disease in the
world
after human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(HIV/AIDS). In the mid-1980s, a resurgence of outbreaks in the United States brought
renewed attention to TB. An increase in high risk, immuno-suppressed
individuals, particularly those infected with HIV, lead to an increase in TB
cases. Drug-resistant strains of this deadly disease also contributed to the
problem. However, through a broad range of Federal and community initiatives, TB
rates have declined steadily. In 2007, a total of 13,293 tuberculosis
(TB) cases were reported in the United States; the TB rate declined 4.2% from
2006 to 4.4 cases per 100,000 population. [More...]
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