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TB or not TB? That is the question

A woman diagnosed with tuberculosis receives care at the Barawe General Hospital in Somalia.

A new study in "Nature Medicine" estimates 2 million people are incorrectly told they have TB each year — and clinicians miss diagnosing TB in 1 million people. Why so many misdiagnoses?

(Image credit: Andrew Renneisen)

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