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Day: March 22, 2013

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Tuberculosis: A Persistent Cough

March 22, 2013January 25, 2023 Jason Hayes

The disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a strain of mycobacteria, has many names. Over the last two millennia, we’ve called it phthisis, the White Plague,

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First Recorded Outbreak of Emerging Infectious Parasite at Hong Kong Rugby Tournament

March 22, 2013January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

In a letter to the editor in the March 2013 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, the Hong Kong Department of Health writes about the first

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Meningitis Outbreak Prompts Change in Vaccine Recommendations

March 22, 2013January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

In 2012, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) calculated a troubling statistic: the rate of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in

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