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Letter

Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Threat of tuberculosis persists

As I recall the last global alert, issued exactly 10 years and three months ago, was for tuberculosis. With 2 million deaths a year and rising, tuberculosis kills as many people every six hours as SARS has done since its first description. Yet there are still no new drugs or vaccines on the horizon. I hope the response to SARS will have better fortune.

Peter D O Davies, consultant physician

Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool L14 3PE peter.davies@ctc.nhs.uk

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1. Zambon M. Severe acute respiratory syndrome revisited. BMJ 2003;326: 831-2. (19 April.)[Free Full Text]

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