Monday, March 25, 2013

meth-smoking population outbreak of TB

Aust meth users 'dry tinder' for TB

'You do have a fair old whack of methamphetamine use, and that is pretty bad for your lungs,' Dr Story told AAP.
'Your meth-smoking population is probably a very good example of dry tinder just waiting for a spark to drop onto it and away it goes,' he said.
Globally about one third of the world's population has TB, with 1.7 million people dying each year from the disease.

 

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