The Deadliest Form Of Tuberculosis Is Snowballing In Countries That Are Already Hard Hit

And this study predicts that by 2040, a third of all tuberculosis cases in Russia, 1 in 10 in India and the Philippines, and 1 in 20 in South Africa are expected to be multidrug-resistant. In 2000, only 24.8 percent of cases in Russia, 7.9 percent in India, 6 percent in the Philippines and 2.5 percent in South Africa were multidrug-resistant.