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Want to end TB? Diagnose and treat all forms of the disease

  • Written by Lauren Carruth, Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University School of International Service

Tuberculosis should be a specter of the past, something only our great-grandparents feared and died of. Alas, although almost all cases of TB today are both preventable and treatable, several different strains and manifestations of the disease still sicken and kill millions of people every year.

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