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TUBERCULOSIS

Article Abstract by: isaacs     

Original Author: YAHOO NEWS.
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TUBERCULOSIS
 
Tuberculosis is a deadly disease that kills about 2 million people

World wide each year.
A man has been put in isolation in Atlanta for possibly exposing
Passengers to TB on two Trans-Atlantic flights this month.
He has a rare but very dangerous form of the disease. The CDC has
Urged the people who were on Air France flight 385 from Atlanta to Paris on May 12th and Czech Air flight 0104 from Prague to Montreal, May 24TH. to test for tuberculosis.
The man has been quarantined after ignoring an order not to take commercial flights because he was highly infectious at the time of
Travel though he insisted that he was not coughing during the flights.
CDC officials recommended medical exams for cabin crew members on
Those flights, including passengers that sat in the same row or within
Two rows from him.
The tests on him have indicated that the bacteria count was low therefore
He might not have passed on the disease but it is important to take
Precautionary measures. Passengers who should be checked will be
Informed by health officials in their respective countries.
The man traveled with his wife though she is not considered a public risk.
The man has been infected by XDR-TB. It resists drugs used to treat the infection and last year the U.S had two such cases.
TB cases has been falling in the U.S thanks to antibiotics and good
Health services. Last year it was 4.6 cases per 100,000.
        SUMMARY BY ISAACS.
Published: May 30, 2007

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