New form of TB in India
Kunwar Abhishek Bhagat
08 January, Amravati
A new form of TB named a TDR-TB (Totally Drug Resistant TB) has been isolated in sample of 12 patients in the past three months alone in Hindulja hospital in Mumbai.
Iran is reported as the first nation to the same case and India is second, out of 12 patients 10 are from Mumbai, 1 from Ratnagiri and one from UP.
In India about 3 to 4 lakh patients dies due to TB every year, while in worl the toll is 1.7 million in 2009.
As the full form of TDR-TD it suggests none of the known TB combinations of drugs work on the patient.
TB is the most fatal disease in India, accounting 8953 deaths in Mumbai alone, and every untreated left person can infect 10 to 15 more persons.
Researches are already on progress and the Doctor says that they will find a new vaccine which will cure this disease.
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