Luis Barraga, 40, who has tuberculosis, waits for his lunch to be served in his hospital room at the Muniz public hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 8, 2019. Luis was living on the street when he was admitted, weighing 45kg. In the two weeks that he had been there, his weight had increased to 60kg. REUTERS/Magali Druscovich
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - In a poor Buenos Aires suburb, Cristian Molina's jeans and denim jacket hide his unhealthily slight frame, his legacy from years of a poor diet that left him susceptible to the tuberculosis infection he contracted earlier this year, a disease of poverty that is making a comeback in Argentina.
Molina, 26, lives in the shantytown of Lujan near the wealthy capital with his parents, six siblings and four nephews. Doctors think one brother contracted the disease in prison and then spread it around the family when he returned home.
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