VILNIUS — The Baltic states are headed for a new wave of tuberculosis because of the poverty created by the economic crisis, researchers at Oxford University say.

The disease, which was prevalent across the Soviet Union has been tracked since independence. At the time when the three countries broke away from the U.S.S.R., both tuberculosis and poverty were high, which prompted scientists to [private_supervisor]monitor the correlation between the two factors.

Latvia especially is at risk of a new outbreak of the infections disease because of the economic strain that is being placed on the country. Other diseases that generally thrive amongst the poor are AIDS and malaria.

Though the disease is treatable and curable with medicine, many people in low income brackets cannot afford to complete the course of medicine required and the disease, which is often fatal if untreated, spreads in its new, mutated and drug resistant form.

“If TB epidemiology and control are related to the economic situation in 2009 as it was in 1991, the Baltics, especially Latvia, may increase the incidence of tuberculosis and deaths from the disease,” the Oxford University study warns.

It is estimated that 200,000 people in Latvia could be affected, while 130,000 and 75,000 could be affected in Lithuania and Estonia respectively.

The poor health systems operating in the country will leave some unprotected Nimalan Arinaminpathy, one of the scientists involved in the study, said.

Worldwide around 5,000 people die from the disease daily. [/private_supervisor] [private_subscription 1 month]monitor the correlation between the two factors.

Latvia especially is at risk of a new outbreak of the infections disease because of the economic strain that is being placed on the country. Other diseases that generally thrive amongst the poor are AIDS and malaria.

Though the disease is treatable and curable with medicine, many people in low income brackets cannot afford to complete the course of medicine required and the disease, which is often fatal if untreated, spreads in its new, mutated and drug resistant form.

“If TB epidemiology and control are related to the economic situation in 2009 as it was in 1991, the Baltics, especially Latvia, may increase the incidence of tuberculosis and deaths from the disease,” the Oxford University study warns.

It is estimated that 200,000 people in Latvia could be affected, while 130,000 and 75,000 could be affected in Lithuania and Estonia respectively.

The poor health systems operating in the country will leave some unprotected Nimalan Arinaminpathy, one of the scientists involved in the study, said.

Worldwide around 5,000 people die from the disease daily. [/private_subscription 1 month] [private_subscription 4 months]monitor the correlation between the two factors.

Latvia especially is at risk of a new outbreak of the infections disease because of the economic strain that is being placed on the country. Other diseases that generally thrive amongst the poor are AIDS and malaria.

Though the disease is treatable and curable with medicine, many people in low income brackets cannot afford to complete the course of medicine required and the disease, which is often fatal if untreated, spreads in its new, mutated and drug resistant form.

“If TB epidemiology and control are related to the economic situation in 2009 as it was in 1991, the Baltics, especially Latvia, may increase the incidence of tuberculosis and deaths from the disease,” the Oxford University study warns.

It is estimated that 200,000 people in Latvia could be affected, while 130,000 and 75,000 could be affected in Lithuania and Estonia respectively.

The poor health systems operating in the country will leave some unprotected Nimalan Arinaminpathy, one of the scientists involved in the study, said.

Worldwide around 5,000 people die from the disease daily. [/private_subscription 4 months] [private_subscription 1 year]monitor the correlation between the two factors.

Latvia especially is at risk of a new outbreak of the infections disease because of the economic strain that is being placed on the country. Other diseases that generally thrive amongst the poor are AIDS and malaria.

Though the disease is treatable and curable with medicine, many people in low income brackets cannot afford to complete the course of medicine required and the disease, which is often fatal if untreated, spreads in its new, mutated and drug resistant form.

“If TB epidemiology and control are related to the economic situation in 2009 as it was in 1991, the Baltics, especially Latvia, may increase the incidence of tuberculosis and deaths from the disease,” the Oxford University study warns.

It is estimated that 200,000 people in Latvia could be affected, while 130,000 and 75,000 could be affected in Lithuania and Estonia respectively.

The poor health systems operating in the country will leave some unprotected Nimalan Arinaminpathy, one of the scientists involved in the study, said.

Worldwide around 5,000 people die from the disease daily. [/private_subscription 1 year]

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