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About a third of the world's population, or around 2 billion people, carry the TB

    JOHANNESBURG

    About a third of the world's population, or around 2 billion people, carry the TB bacteria but most never develop the active disease. Around 10 percent of people infected with TB actually develop the disease in their lifetimes but this proportion is growing due to the impact of HIV/AIDS, (WHO).

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