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 Drug-resistant TB strains are EQUALLY capable of transmission just like normal TB strains

Submitted by Bobby Ramakant (bobby) about 1 year ago

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Photo by CarbonNYCThe number of drug-resistant tuberculosis cases can multiply and these TB superbugs, which are immune to treatment, could become a serious global threat. Earlier studies showed that drug-resistant TB strains have lower transmission rate as compared to drug-sensitive strains. The recent study showed that antibiotic-resistant TB strains are equally capable of the transmission just like normal TB strain. Read source article...

Keywords: drug resistance extensively drug-resistant M/XDR-TB MDR-TB multi-drug resistant TB tuberculosis XDR-TB

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