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Article: STATE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR WARNS OF SLIGHT INCREASE OF TUBERCULOSIS CASES IN ILLINOIS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- March 24, 2006
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The Illinois Department of Public Health issued the following news release:
In conjunction with World TB day, Dr. Eric E. Whitaker, state public health director, today announced the number of tuberculosis cases in Illinois increased slightly in 2005, after the state saw a record low in 2004. A total of 596 tuberculosis cases were reported in 2005, compared with 569 in 2004. This marks the first increase in tuberculosis cases in Illinois in nine years.
"Tuberculosis is still a significant health threat and the public health and medical communities must maintain the ongoing efforts to better identify and treat people with infectious tuberculosis," said Dr. Whitaker. "We must continue to ...