Friday, November 23, 2012

Strategy For TB Found Counterproductive

How Fight to Tame TB Made it Stronger by Geeta Anand and Betsey McKay.  The Wall Street Journal.  November 23, 2012.

With the rise of drug-resistant strains of TB in countries such as India, public health officials are coming to consensus that aiming at the most easily treated forms of TB has strengthened the remaining TB variations.  Officials are coming to agreement that a more comprehensive strategy of simultaneously addressing easy and difficulty strain is the way to proceed.  First-hand accounts from India as well as a brief history of TB treatment strategies are included.

No comments:

Post a Comment