Controlling Tuberculosis in Harris County
A Call to Action

Erratum, Page 4

TB is a bacterial disease affecting the lungs that is spread from person to person through the air.  Those in close and ongoing contact with a person with active, symptomatic TB are at greatest risk for exposure.  According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, 379 new cases of TB were diagnosed in Harris County in 2005 – a rate of 10.2 per 100,000 persons, more than twice the national rate of 4.8 cases per 100,000 persons and more than 50% higher [corrected] than the State rate of 6.7 cases per 100,000 persons

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