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To: Lisa who wrote (57298)	10/5/1999 8:18:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Drug-resistant TB has been breeding in the 3rd world for years. Even the drug-susceptible varieties require a year of continuous treatment. A much bigger problem than AIDS, though you'd never know it from the funding allocations.

To: Lisa who wrote (57298)	10/6/1999 7:18:00 AM
From: Edwarda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Lisa, it is true that the Russian prisons have become a breeding ground for drug-resistant strains of TB, which are, as Steven points out, also rampant in the Third World. The problem, which Steven also notes, is sporadic and inadequate treatment because of lack of funds and facilities for treatment. A special horror in Russia at the moment is that the infected are not isolated as well as being only partially treated and then are released to infect the general population.