The Urgent threat of TB drug resistance : drug resistant TB threatens to erase decades of progress
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The Urgent threat of TB drug resistance : drug resistant TB threatens to erase decades of progress

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      Nearly 2 billion people, or a quarter of the global population, is estimated to have been infected with TB bacteria and 10.6 million people become sick with active TB disease each year. TB is a leading cause of death from infectious disease globally, second only to COVID-19, and claims 1.6 million lives each year, even though a TB cure has existed for more than 70 years. In some cases, the bacteria that causes TB can develop resistance to drugs used for TB treatment. Most often, this stems from incomplete treatment of non-resistant TB. In recent decades, these strains have become resistant to our most common TB drugs and continue to spread globally. Drug-resistant TB strains are more difficult to cure and costly to our economy and health system. Because TB is airborne and contagious, the continued spread of drug-resistant TB could cause a resurgence of TB in parts of the world where TB is currently less common, including the United States.

      This is why CDC responds to TB at home and abroad to create a safer America and a safer world.

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