Companies / South Africa
Drug-Resistant Strain Of TB Discovered
September 2006 | Industry NewsThe World Health Organisation (WHO) is concerned about a new drug-resistant strain of Tuberculosis (TB) - known as XDR-TB - that has been discovered in South Africa and is considered virtually untreatable. TB has had a resurgence in the past decade and a half, and causes around 1.7mn deaths each year. This is primarily due to the prevalence of HIV/AIDS, which weakens the immune system of suffers, leaving them especially vulnerable to opportunistic infections such as
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