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    Source: http://news.mb.com.ph/2017/05/11/dru...untries-study/


    Drug-resistant TB predicted to rise in 4 high-burden countries: study
    Published May 11, 2017, 7:43 PM

    By Philippine News Agency

    Cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) are expected to increase in four of the world?s highest burden countries over the next two decades, a new study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found.

    Currently, nearly 40 percent of all drug-resistant TB cases occur in Russia, India, the Philippines, and South Africa, accounting for more than 230,000 cases of drug-resistant disease in 2015, said the study published this week by the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases...

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