[Tuberculosis: victory after 100 years?].
In the middle of the 19th century first signs for decrease of the epidemic importance of tuberculosis were obvious. Now, little more than 100 years after the detection of the pathogen by Robert Koch, the rate of decline suggests 'virtual eradication' of the disease around the year 2025. However, the endemic disease is still prominent in different parts of the third world. Also the appearance of the HIV-virus revives problems of tuberculosis, especially in countries where a young population is afflicted by both diseases.
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