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Health officials begin recording tuberculosis mortality rates in the there are 300 tuberculosis deaths for every 100,000 individuals. -
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Nearly 2% of the population dies of consumption – the region's peak mortality rate for the disease. -
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Robert Kosh identifies that Turberculosis is caused by Mycrobacterium -
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Doctors announced the discover of a drug called "Streptomycin" and began testing the drug on patients. -
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The drug "Streptomycin" proved not to be effective and doctors began using the drug "Isoniazid" to treat Tuberculosis. -
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June 1981
The first reports of HIV surface. The ensuing spread of AIDS, which weakens its hosts' immune systems, makes way for the resurgence of several infectious diseases considered by many to be nearly eradicated, including tuberculosis. New, multi-drug resistant strains of TB are starting to show up, plaguing a health care system that is ill-equipped to both treat and study them -
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Federal funding for tuberculosis treatment, control and research is increased to combat the recent resurgence. The CDC transfers the majority of these new funds to support clinics and laboratories, sponsor clinical and epidemiologic research, increase investigation of latent TB strains in people with high risk for the active disease, and expand surveillance to monitor the impact of these efforts. -
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The World Health Organization declares TB as a global emergency. They estimate that one third of the worlds population is infected, leading to 7-8 million active cases and 1.5 million deaths annually.