Every Hour, 55 People Are Diagnosed With TB In Europe, New Report Says

According to newly published data, there were 477 327 tuberculosis (TB) cases reported in Europe1 in 2007. This is the equivalent of 55 cases of TB diagnosed every hour. Worryingly, about 43 600 of the new TB cases were thought to be multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), which tend to emerge in locations with poorly managed TB control programmes. TB control programmes in Europe struggling to halt and reverse the epidemic achieved only a 73% treatment success rate among new cases.

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Filed under: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses on March 29th, 2009