| Message | Tuberculosis never really went away- people thought it had been beaten but now cases on going up again. This is party due to continued poverty throughout some parts of the world meaning it doesn't get treated properly, immigration spreading the disease, the emergence of drug resistant versions and is also due to the massive HIV problem that gets worse and worse all the time. HIV weakens your immune system so it makes it easier to catch TB.
Today, TB is still the biggest single infectious disease killer in the world, killing nearly 3 million per year and infecting a massive 1/3 of the world's population.
Read this article for more info on TB: http://www.ratlab.co.uk/tharticle.htm |