The Queensland government is investigating possible tuberculosis clusters on two islands in the Torres Strait, after a woman died from a suspected drug-resistant strain in Cairns last week.
Latest figures from Queensland Health show infection rates have jumped in the past 12 months on the border with Papua New Guinea, where the disease is raging out of control.
Australian authorities fear drug-resistant strains are crossing the international border.
The local federal MP for Liechardt, Warren Entsch, told Queensland correspondent Stefan Armbruster he believes dozens of Torres Strait islanders could be infected.
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