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South African scientists achieve progress in battle against drug resistant TB

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By Jomien Mouton, Samantha Sampson
| TimesLIVE Verified
The arrival of drug-resistant tuberculosis has significantly complicated global efforts to decrease the scourge of the disease. Each year more than nine million people are infected with TB and another 1.5 million die. But the latest figures show that at least 20% of people diagnosed with the disease have “multiple-drug-resistant” TB. And about 9.7% of these also have “extensively-drug-resistant TB”. TB is caused by bacteria that attacks the lungs.
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African scientists make headway in grasping persistent TB bacteria

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By Jomien Mouton, Samantha Sampson
| The Conversation Verified
The arrival of drug-resistant tuberculosis has significantly complicated global efforts to decrease the scourge of the disease. Each year more than nine million people are infected with TB and another 1.5 million die. But the latest figures show that at least 20% of people diagnosed with the disease have “multiple-drug-resistant” TB. And about 9.7% of these also have “extensively-drug-resistant TB”. TB is caused by bacteria that attacks the lungs.
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