Tuberculosis — United States
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases — a tenant agency at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland — is investigating after 5 laboratory primates tested positive for the bacteria that cause tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis — a bacterial disease that primarily affects the lungs — can cause chest pain, persistent coughing and coughing up blood. It’s rarely fatal among patients in the United States, but does require at least a 6-month treatment regimen of 4 antibiotic
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