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MDR-TB patients face discrimination, long road to recovery in Peru

Peru 2009

By Francine Uenuma

February 26, 2010

Appeared on washingtonpost.com

Patients who develop multi-drug resistant tuberculosis face an arduous course of medical treatment. What's worse, many say, is being ostracized by friends and neighbors who fear the dreaded disease.

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