Why TB cases are rising in California after decades of decline
Briefly

This is a slow burn' of an age-old disease that's now increasing, probably because we let our guard down and didn't emphasize the need for prevention of progression from latent illness to active tuberculosis, said Dr. Priya Shete, associate professor of medicine and epidemiology at UC San Francisco.
In my mind, it was relegated to a medieval kind of disease... I realized it existed, of course, but I just never knew of anybody who had it, said Lyon, whose infection was successfully treated.
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