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Better Control of TB seen if a faster cure is found The World Health Organizationl estimates that about one-third of all people are infected with bacteria that cause tuberculosis．Most times，the infection remains inactive．But each year about eight million people develop active cases ofTB，usually in their_______(1)．Two million people die_______(2)it．The disease has_______(3)with the spread of AIDS and drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis． Current treatments take at least six months．Patients have to_______(4)a combination of several antibiotic drugs daily．But many people stop_______(5)they feel better．Doing that can_______(6)to an infection that resists treatment．Public health experts agree that a faster—acting cure for tuberculosis would be more effective．Now a study estimates just how_______(7)it might be．A professor of international health at Harvard University2 led the study．Joshua Salomon says a shorter treatment program would likely mean not just more patients_______(8)．It would also mean_______(9)infectious patients who can pass on their infection to others．
The researchers developed a mathematical model to examine the effects of a two—month treatment plan．They_______(10)the model with current TB conditions in Southeast Asia．The scientists found that a two—month treatment could prevent about twenty percent of new cases．And it might_______(11)about twenty—five percent of TB deaths． The model shows that these_______(12)would take place between two thousand twelve and two thousand thirty．That is，if a faster cure is developed and in wide use by two thousand twelve．
The World Health organization_______(13)the DOTS3 program。in nineteen ninety．DOTS is Directly Observed Treatment，Short—course．Health workers watch tuberculosis patients take their daily pills to make_______(14)they continue treatment．
Earlier this year，an international partnership of organizations announced a plan to expand the DOTS program．The ten—year plan also aims to finance research_______(15)new TB drugs．The[bur most common drugs used ROW are more than forty years old．The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development4 says its long—tmma goal is a treatment that could work in as few as ten doses.词汇：
bacterium(pl．bacteria)n．细菌tuberculosis n．结核(病)
inactive adj．不活跃的，非活动性的 antibiotic adj.抗生的n．抗生素
alliance n．同盟，联盟注释：
1．World Health Organization(WHO)：世界卫生组织
2．Harvard University(=Harvard)：(美国)哈佛大学
3．DOTS(Directly Observed Treatment，Short—course)：短期直接观察治疗
4．Global Alliance for TB Drug Development：全球结核病药物开发联盟练习： A．kidneys
B．lungs
C．bones
D．livers
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