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Major boost for TB fight

TB is a particularly vicious illness. Left untreated, the mortality rate is about 50 percent. It spreads easily, when an infected person coughs or sneezes, or even sings or speaks.

ANDILE TSHUMA  THE battle against Tuberculosis has received a major boost after three provinces in the country received Gene Xpert machines and 3 000 cartridges. A Gene Xpert machine works to detect TB virus in a sample from sputum. The machine can also detect different strains of TB in the sputum. The Gene Xpert machines…

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