South Africa TB patients may be detained (AP)

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South Africa TB patients may be detained
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AP - Doctors have recommended forcibly detaining people in South Africa who refuse treatment for a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis, an extreme measure meant to keep the infected away from others to curb the spread of the disease, according to a paper published Monday in an international medical journal.

 
 

 
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