Thursday, March 26, 2009

Innovation Critical in Battle Against Ancient Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is a 500,000-year-old contagious lung disease that kills someone around the world every 20 seconds. A diagnostic test was developed 125 years ago, its vaccine 80 years ago and drug treatments 40 years ago.

More information at our web site:
http://uruguay.usembassy.gov/usaweb/2009/09-103EN.shtml

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