HIV-TB Spreads In Africa, Undermines Control Of World's Two Deadliest Infectious Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071102084827.htm

Summary: The world-wide epidemics HIV and tuberculosis has combined to create a deadly co-epidemic that is spreading quickly in sub-Saharan Africa. Health systems cannot diagnose, treat, or contain the co-epidemic because of unanswered medical questions. One-third of the world's 40 million people with HIV/AIDS are also infected with TB.

What are the symptoms of this disease?Respiratory Problems, Lung Disease

How is this disease passed from person to person? coughing

List three things you learned from this article in your own words.
1.) South Africa is the only country in sub-Saharan Africa with a to diagnose TB.
2.) TB has dropped slightly but is still high at approximately 85 percent.
3.) The HIV epidemic has destabilized TB in regions with high rates of HIV.

What impact does this disease have on the US economy? Many people in sub-Saharan Africa are infected with it and are dying.