Tuberculosis: International Efforts and Issues for Congress

Salaam-Blyther, Tiaji

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Communicable diseases;    Diseases;    Epidemics;    Public health;    Tuberculosis;   

RP-ID  :  RL34246
RP-ID  :  RL34246_2008May01

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the infectious disease outbreaks, such as H5N1 avian influenza and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and tuberculosis (TB). The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that someone contracts TB every second and that about one-third of all people in the world carry TB; most of these cases, however, are latent