Sunday, September 10, 2006
Extreme TB outbreak just 'tip of the iceberg'
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(Liz Clarke & Charlene Smith - IOL News) from South Africa.
The extremely virulent form of tuberculosis that killed 52 out of 53 people at a hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, is just the "tip of the iceberg" in southern Africa, scientists have warned.
What makes this strain of TB so lethal is that unlike normal TB, XDR TB can infect even the healthiest of people. But healthy people are more likely to be able to fight off the disease, while those who have compromised immune systems, will die within a month.
The discovery of the strain at just one small hospital in Tugela Ferry forms a sixth of the world's known XDR TB cases. The lethal strain is untreatable and kills the victim in less than a month.
TB eradication programmes are failing
Dr Tony Moll of the Church of Scotland hospital at Tugela Ferry...
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Death from abovePosted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Liz Clarke & Charlene Smith - IOL News) from South Africa.
The extremely virulent form of tuberculosis that killed 52 out of 53 people at a hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, is just the "tip of the iceberg" in southern Africa, scientists have warned.
What makes this strain of TB so lethal is that unlike normal TB, XDR TB can infect even the healthiest of people. But healthy people are more likely to be able to fight off the disease, while those who have compromised immune systems, will die within a month.
The discovery of the strain at just one small hospital in Tugela Ferry forms a sixth of the world's known XDR TB cases. The lethal strain is untreatable and kills the victim in less than a month.
TB eradication programmes are failing
Dr Tony Moll of the Church of Scotland hospital at Tugela Ferry...
Read More...
