An outbreak of a particularly virulent form of tuberculosis in South Africa is raising concerns among a group of health experts that the disease has already spread in the region, raising fears of an epidemic that could threaten the lives of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. South African officials insist that they have the situation in control, but TB experts say that the government has been slow to respond after 52 of 53 TB infection patients in one clinic died from the strain a year ago. Of particular concern is the affect of the TB strain in an area of the world already afflicted with high rates of HIV as well as tuberculosis. Physicians say they don't know how to stop that form of TB.
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