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Post by jeffolie on Jun 6, 2008 15:04:46 GMT -6
Mexican cheese fuels TB rise in California The problem stems from cattle in Mexico, where M. Bovis infects an estimated 17 percent of herds. A rare form of tuberculosis caused by illegal, unpasteurized dairy products, including the popular queso fresco cheese, is rising among Hispanic immigrants in Southern California and raising fears about a resurgence of a strain all but eradicated in the U.S. Cases of the Mycobacterium bovis strain of TB have increased in San Diego county, particularly among children who drink or eat dairy foods made from the milk of infected cattle, a study in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases shows. But the germ can infect anyone who eats contaminated fresh cheeses sold by street vendors, smuggled across the Mexican border or produced by families who try to make a living selling so-called “bathtub cheese” made in home tubs and backyard troughs. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24954041/
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Post by graybeard on Jun 6, 2008 21:12:44 GMT -6
How about some illegal aliens are already infected before they come to the US? Public health is a big part of controlling our borders.
GB
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Post by rwc on Jul 3, 2008 14:57:42 GMT -6
Its such a problem that the Dialysis clinic where my relative goes is now testing them for TB.
And yeah if we controlled our borders TB wouldn't be a issue. No bathtub cheese and no TB carrying aliens.
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