- From 1985-1992 cases of tuberculosis in the United States rose 20%
- Incidence of the disease rose to 10.5 cases per 100,000 population by 1992
- Four main reasons for resurgence in the United State are:
- The appearance of the HIV infection
- Immigration from areas with a high incidence of TB
- Places for TB to flourish such as
- hospitals, shelters and prisons
- Tuberculosis controlled decreased with decreases in funding [4]
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/slidesets/corecurr/default.htm. Chapter 1: Overview of TB Epidemiology in the United States. July 2013.
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