Infectious Diseases

HIV-related TB deaths higher than past estimates

The total number of new TB cases remained stable in 2007 and the percentage of people becoming ill with TB continued to decline. But 25% of TB deaths were HIV-related, twice as many as previously estimated, according to a new WHO report released today.
Read more

 http://www.who.int/entity/mediacentre/news/releases/2009/tub...

World Health Organization