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DATE: THURSDAY, May 26, 1994                   TAG: 9405260085
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BOSTON                                LENGTH: Short

TB CASES DECLINE

The number of new tuberculosis cases dropped significantly last year for the first time since the mid-1980s, federal officials reported Wednesday.

The 1993 total was down by 1,360 cases, a 5 percent reduction from 1992 when the number of cases went up 2 percent.

Experts from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which compiled the statistics, said the decline may be a payoff of the nationwide effort to track down people infected with TB and get them treated. However, they cautioned that a one-year reduction doesn't mean the problem is licked.

- Associated Press 


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