Addressing drug-resistant TB cannot be divorced from overall TB control efforts.

治疗耐药型结核病无法与结核病的总体控制截然分开。

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The development of TB chemotherapy from the 1940’s through the 1970’s transformed the once deadly “white plague” into a curable disease.

20世纪40年代到70年代结核病化学疗法的发明将曾几何时的“白色瘟疫”转变成了可以根治的疾病。

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These steps may very well ensure that XDR-TB does not engulf the advances made in the past century in the global fight against TB.

上述步骤能够有效确保严重耐药型结核病不会将过去一个世纪人类在与结核病的全球斗争中所取得的成果吞噬殆尽。

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