Switzerland Tells of TB

You would think that with all that fresh air and scenery Switzerland would be relatively disease free. This is true to an extent however disease continues to be an unwelcome visitor imported from other countries. After mining the data Swiss authorities found that

In Switzerland, incidence of TB is low (8.5 per 100 000 population). Over the past 10 years, as in most countries of Western Europe, the proportion of indigenous TB cases has continuously decreased while that of foreigners (presently 76%) has increased. In recent years, the overall incidence of tuberculosis in Switzerland has stabilized due to immigration from high prevalence countries

This seems to be the global pattern

In a globalizing world, TB anywhere really is TB everywhere. 

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