Could Tuberculosis pose a new threat to Australia?
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The recent death of a Torres Strait Islander woman infected with tuberculosis has sparked health warnings from Queensland medical professionals. A mutated drug-resistant strain of the tuberculosis bacterium has developed in Papua New Guinea, leading to predictions of a Queensland epidemic within the next 15 years. Is this an over-reaction or a genuine health threat?
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