Infection Many deaths as a result of TB occur in large crowded cities and impoverished communities in the developing world. Each individual with the active TB will infect 10 to 15 others in every year of their infection. High mortality, development of multi-drug resistant strains of TB, and infection rates of TB are a result of increased travel and immigration, misdiagnosis of the disease, improper and disrupted treatment, and poverty. TB is also one of the most widespread infections afflicting AIDS patients. More information about TB infection , from the Tactical web site.
Several factors play a role in producing an increase in tuberculosis in America.
The emergence of drug resistant tuberculosis is a major contributing factor. More information concerning symptoms and research can be found at the following web sites. The tuberculosis epidemic is growing larger as we speak and at the same time much more dangerous. Many reports have suggested that if the TB epidemic is further neglected then future generations will remember this point in time as when humanity allowed a deadly bacilli that travels through the air to become drug resistant and incurable throughout the world. The emergence of the HIV virus has helped to overwhelm many cities' control over tuberculosis.