HIV and TB emerge as African epidemic

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Cape Town, South Africa, is among the worst cities in the region affected by a epidemic of HIV and drug-resistant tuberculosis.
The BBC in Cape Town reported that children in the city’s slums are 100 times more likely to contract TB than elsewhere in the world.

Keywords: antibiotic resistance tuberculosis drug-resistant bacteria Africa epidemics TB HIV South Africa drug-resistant viruses viruses antibiotic-resistant bacteria