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Ala. tuberculosis cases on the rise
State saw 161 TB cases last year
12:06 AM, Aug. 3, 2012 |
Written by
Stan Diel
The Birmingham News
BIRMINGHAM ? The number of tuberculosis cases in Alabama jumped last year after a decade of fairly steady decline, and experts said the nature of cases is changing, as well.
Alabama saw 161 TB cases last year, a 10 percent increase from 2010. A confirmed case in Tuscaloosa two weeks ago was the 83rd case of the potentially deadly disease in Alabama this year.
There?s no clear cause for the increase, said Pam Barrett, director of the tuberculosis program with the Alabama Department of Public Health. But officials are watching the numbers this year closely, she said, and there?s no doubt about what it will take to minimize new outbreaks: boots on the ground...
Ala. tuberculosis cases on the rise
State saw 161 TB cases last year
12:06 AM, Aug. 3, 2012 |
Written by
Stan Diel
The Birmingham News
BIRMINGHAM ? The number of tuberculosis cases in Alabama jumped last year after a decade of fairly steady decline, and experts said the nature of cases is changing, as well.
Alabama saw 161 TB cases last year, a 10 percent increase from 2010. A confirmed case in Tuscaloosa two weeks ago was the 83rd case of the potentially deadly disease in Alabama this year.
There?s no clear cause for the increase, said Pam Barrett, director of the tuberculosis program with the Alabama Department of Public Health. But officials are watching the numbers this year closely, she said, and there?s no doubt about what it will take to minimize new outbreaks: boots on the ground...