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TB - the urgent need to tackle a new scourge

Recent reports from India highlighting a new strain of totally-drug resistant tuberculosis-(TB) have brought the disease known in the 19th Century as the 'White Plague' back to public consciousness. Despite success in treating the disease in the latter half of the 20th Century, TB remains one of the most significant global health challenges.

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Published 20 January 2012

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