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**Lt_Apple** · 06-23-2012, 03:30 AM

New, deadlier form of TB hits India
Malathy Iyer, TNN Jan 7, 2012, 05.39AM IST

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MUMBAI: Tuberculosis, which kills around 1,000 people a day in India, has acquired a deadlier edge. A new entity-ominously called Totally Drug-Resistant TB (TDR-TB )-has been isolated in the fluid samples of 12 TB patients in the past three months alone at Hinduja Hospital at Mahim . The hospital's laboratory has been certified by the World Health Organization (WHO) to test TB patients for drug resistance.TB: gravest danger to India.

Tuberculosis has emerged as the greatest danger to India threatening the health of millions. More than 4,500 people die everyday unable to battle the disease. It is not AIDS that will be India's greatest threat, as most of us believe, warns Ramesh Menon. http://www.indiatogether.org/2006/nov/hlt-tbdanger.htm

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Lt_Apple Join Date Dec 2008 Posts 4,489 Senior Member	New, deadlier form of TB hits India Malathy Iyer, TNN Jan 7, 2012, 05.39AM IST World Health Organization\|Tuberculosis\|TB\|Iran\|Hinduja Hospital at Mahim\|common cold MUMBAI: Tuberculosis, which kills around 1,000 people a day in India, has acquired a deadlier edge. A new entity-ominously called Totally Drug-Resistant TB (TDR-TB )-has been isolated in the fluid samples of 12 TB patients in the past three months alone at Hinduja Hospital at Mahim . The hospital's laboratory has been certified by the World Health Organization (WHO) to test TB patients for drug resistance.TB: gravest danger to India. Tuberculosis has emerged as the greatest danger to India threatening the health of millions. More than 4,500 people die everyday unable to battle the disease. It is not AIDS that will be India's greatest threat, as most of us believe, warns Ramesh Menon. http://www.indiatogether.org/2006/nov/hlt-tbdanger.htm
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