Broad measures needed to check spread of TB in India: Study
"We found that 707 of the 997 participants, or 71 per cent, tested positive for TB infection at the start, and 20, or 2%, subsequently developed the disease during the 24-month follow-up period," said researcher Mandar Paradkar from BJ Government Medical College (BJGMC) in Pune.
Broad measures are needed to prevent the spread of tuberculosis, or TB, in India, as the country accounts for 27 per cent of all global cases of the disease, say researchers. Photo: Reuters