I was shocked to read that as well. Definitely not a topic of the MSM. In each of the links I posted tonight, whether dozens or hundreds of people were advised to obtain testing for it, what was the cost to our citizens and healthcare overall as a result and what is being done to prevent it?
Preventing and Controlling Tuberculosis Along the U.S.-Mexico Border
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5001a1.htm
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TB And MDR-TB Coming
To America - Illegal Immigrants
Spreading Infection
TB may again rise in the United States, and this will stem directly from mass immigration. Worldwide, this disease has made a comeback, accompanied by vaccine-resistant strains.
TB deaths are rising worldwide for the first time in about 40 years.
TB is especially prevalent in Mexicans, Filipinos, Vietnamese, Indians, Chinese, Haitians, and Koreans. Mexican immigrants have an infection rate of 35.5 cases per 100,000, far above the native-born rate.
http://www.rense.com/general10/infect.htm
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Infectious TB trail
By Cal Thomas
If another reason is needed to oppose illegal immigration, to which the Bush administration keeps turning a blind eye, how about spread of a deadly communicable disease?
According to an essay in the current Journal of the American Medical Association, a form of tuberculosis that has shown itself resistant to several drugs has invaded California and is present primarily in the state's "foreign-born" population, a politically correct euphemism for illegal aliens.
Dr. Reuben Granich, a lead investigator for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), writes that 18 to 24 months of treatment for multidrug-resistant TB, called MDR-TB, costs between $200,000 and $1.2 million per person.
Illegal immigration is a political, social and medical issue that could come back to bite Republicans in the 2006 elections and in 2008 if they don't get a grip on it.
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20050614-082502-1077r.htm
and etc...
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=TB+from+Mexican+illegal+aliens&ei=UTF-8&fr=FP-tab-web-t361&x=wrt