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According to the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2008, nearly
one-third
of the world's population is infected with Tuberculosis (TB), which kills almost
1.6 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.[344 KB
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