Breitbart - Arizona: State’s 222 Active TB Cases Among Refugees - Eighteen percent “of all refugees resettled in Arizona arrive with a latent TB infection” - Arizona the Grand Canyon and TB State! --tma

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The high rate of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among refugees is a public health issue, Arizona state officials say.

“Most [of the] 222 cases of active tuberculosis infection (TB) …reported among Arizona’s refugee populations…[in] the past two decades …were caused by latent tuberculosis infections that became active after years or even decades of lying dormant,” according to the state’s Department of Health.

Eighteen percent “of all refugees resettled in Arizona arrive with a latent TB infection,” the 2014 Arizona Refugee Health Report states. ...

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/05/23/arizona-health-officials-states-222-active-tb-cases-refugees-caused-latent-tuberculosis-infections/