According to the World Health Organization, a person with active TB who is left untreated will pass the disease to approximately 10 to 15 other people each year.

据世界卫生组织统计，一个不加入治疗的勾当性肺结核患者每年年夜约要传染10 - 15人。

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Someone who is HIV-positive and infected with TB bacilli is many times more likely to become sick with TB than someone infected with TB bacilli who is HIV-negative.

艾滋病毒阳性并感染结核杆菌的人比感染结核杆菌但艾滋病毒阴性的人患结核的可能性要高许多倍。

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A: My all-time priority is the people who have TB - wherever they are, whomever they are.

答：一直以来我的重点都是结核病患者——无论他们在何地，无论他们是何人。

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And it's people like Gladys Jaxa, says Dr.Marcos Espinal of the Stop TB Partnership, who would benefit.

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Coordinator of the WHO Stop TB Department,Paul Nunn, says progress also has been made in addressing the lethal combination of TB and HIV.

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It's a virulent strain that occurs when a person with TB fails to complete the six to nine-month course of medication or catches TB from another person who is ill with a drug resistant-strain.

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The researchers, reporting in the Lancet medical journal, found 32 cases of TB in those who had received the vaccine compared with 39 in the placebo group.

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And now added to that list are the lives of vulnerable TB patients and those who are exposed to their disease.

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"The government welcomes all initiatives that support the fight against tuberculosis, " Anshu Prakash, joint secretary of health for India, who oversees TB, told The Wall Street Journal on Friday.

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