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Drug Resistant TB a Global Risk; Vitamin D May Help Prevent TB

US tuberculosis cases fell 11.8 percent in 2008, but WHO says drug-resistant TB is rising in Russia, India and China; a third of the 440,000 resistant cases reported that year died. Treating MDR-TB costs about $500 and up to two years, against $20 and six months for conventional TB.

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