Health officials are blaming a rise in drug-resistant tuberculosis in Britain on immigration and inadequate measures to control outbreaks among prisoners and drug users. Cases of resistant strains of TB nearly doubled between 1998 and 2005, according to a study of 28,620 infections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland by the Health Protection Agency.
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Cases of drug-resistant TB have doubled, study shows - The Guardian 1st May 2008
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