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Last updated: January 29, 2013 8:58 a.m.
Health board sees spike in local TB cases
Julie Crothers | The Journal Gazette
A total of 16 cases of tuberculosis were reported in Allen County last year, four times the number of cases reported in 2011, the Board of Health learned Monday.
Of the tuberculosis cases reported last year, one resulted in death, said Dr. Deborah McMahan, health commissioner for the Fort Wayne-Allen County Health Department.
?TB has been a really big issue for us in the past year,? she said...
Last updated: January 29, 2013 8:58 a.m.
Health board sees spike in local TB cases
Julie Crothers | The Journal Gazette
A total of 16 cases of tuberculosis were reported in Allen County last year, four times the number of cases reported in 2011, the Board of Health learned Monday.
Of the tuberculosis cases reported last year, one resulted in death, said Dr. Deborah McMahan, health commissioner for the Fort Wayne-Allen County Health Department.
?TB has been a really big issue for us in the past year,? she said...