Tuberculosis -- United States
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases -- a tenant agency at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland -- is investigating after 5 laboratory primates tested positive for the bacteria that cause tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis -- a bacterial disease that primarily affects the lungs -- can cause chest pain, persistent coughing and coughing up blood. It's rarely fatal among patients in the United States, but does require at least a 6-month treatment regimen of 4 antibiotic
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5746162&promed&0
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