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Re-emerging Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is just one of many diseases that we are considering an emerging infectious disease. ... Tuberculosis is a disease that when being considered an emerging disease, it might need to be called a re-emerging diseased. ... ”(5)
In order to better understand why tuberculosis is making a come back, it is necessary to look first at what an emerging disease is. Emerging diseases are defined as those that have newly appeared in a population, and those that have existed in the past, but are rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range. (1) So it can now be seen that Tuberculosis may need to be called a re-emerging disease. Re-emerging is known as the “reappearance of a known disease after a significant decline in incidence. ... Re-emerging Tuberculosis had declined in recent years but in order to prevent another epidemic outbreak, research must continue.
Approximate Word count = 1004
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