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Article: TB trends.(Clinical Capsules)(tuberculosis)(Brief Article)
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- Skin & Allergy News
- Article date:
- May 1, 2005
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The tuberculosis case rate in the United States is declining, but the rate of decline from 2003 to 2004 was the lowest in a decade, and racial disparities remain a concern, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
More than 14,500 cases of TB were reported in the United States in 2004, for a case rate of 4.9 per 100,000. This ...
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