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Drug Resistant TB Is Predicted To Steadily Spread In 4 Countries

The case numbers are already high in certain countries. It's not only hard to treat — it's extremely contagious.
A tuberculosis patient in a hospital for chest diseases in the Indian region of Kashmir.

Drug resistant tuberculosis is expected to increase globally over the next two decades.

New research predicts a steady rise in TB cases that can't be cured with conventional, first-line antibiotics in four countries.

Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention forecast that these

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