Case of immigrant with XDR-TB shows global vulnerability to infectious diseases, Wall Street Journal reports

Published on March 6, 2013 at 2:56 AM · No Comments

The Wall Street Journal profiles the case of a man infected with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) who is being detained in South Texas after a "three-month odyssey through 13 countries -- from his homeland of Nepal through South Asia, Brazil, Mexico, and finally into Texas -- show[ing] the way in which dangerous new strains of the disease can migrate across the world unchecked." The newspaper notes, "In recent months the Wall Street Journal has exposed widening TB drug resistance in hot spots like India, and shown that the U.S. is surprisingly unprepared for the growing global problem," adding, "Most U.S. cases of drug-resistant TB occur in people who were born abroad, according to the [CDC]."

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