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Eli Lilly and Co. is pumping an additional $50 million into a partnership it created four years ago to treat multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, a disease found mostly in poor or developing countries.

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STONERS
March 22, 2007, 1:28 a.m.
He said 8.8 million new cases of tuberculosis crop up every year, and about 95 percent of those come from developing countries. The highest rates of the disease are found in China, India, South Africa and countries from the former Soviet Union.
"TB is a disease of poverty, basically," Espinal said.
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Pupi
March 22, 2007, 1:43 a.m.
That's just amazing to me. I thought TB was long gone until I started working in the Health Care field. Staff who come from developing countries can bring the TB over here. We must test for TB as part of the hiring process. Some of our staff who came from other countries are "carriers" (I think) and test positive. They must provide us with a chest XRay (report from a Dr) in order to be hired.