Abstract
Tuberculosis continues to be a major health problem in the world, particularly in the developing countries. The updated WHO report reveals that about 9.4 million new TB cases occurred in 2008 including 1.4 million cases among people living with HIV. The prevalence of the disease was about 11.1 million. There were about 1.3 million deaths from TB among HIV negative people and an additional 0.52 million TB deaths among HIV positive people. India is the highest TB burden country in the world, accounting for 21% of the global incidence and 2/3 of the cases in south-east Asia. In the year 2008, the incidence of tuberculosis was reported to be 1.9 million with prevalence of 2.186 million with mortality due to TB being 2, 76,512.
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