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Alternate Name(s): TB; Tuberculosis - pulmonary; Consumption ...... Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) . The lungs are primarily involved, but the infection can spread to other organs.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection caused by a germ called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually attack the lungs, but they can also damage other parts of the body. TB spreads through the air when a person with TB of the lungs or throat coughs, sneezes or talks.
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Tuberculosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination ... Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually attack the lungs. But, TB bacteria can attack any part of the body such as the kidney, spine, and brain.
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Read about tuberculosis (TB) treatment, diagnosis (skin test), transmission, cause (Mycobacterium) and symptoms. TB infection is a contagious disease that's easily spread. ... The Atlanta man was believed to be infected with the form of the tuberculosis bacteria known as "extensively drug-resistant" TB,
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Global tuberculosis control report 2009 ... Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease. Like the common cold, it spreads through the air. Only people who are sick with TB in their lungs are infectious. When infectious people cough, sneeze, talk or spit, they propel TB germs, known as bacilli, into the air.
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Call for Nominations: Tuberculosis Survival Prize 2009; ... The Tuberculosis Survival Prize, an annual award of $2000 sponsored by the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership, recognizes innovation in TB/MDR-TB advocacy and social mobilization.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne infectious disease that is preventable and curable. WHO is working to dramatically reduce the burden of TB, and halve TB deaths and prevalence by 2015, through its Stop TB Strategy and supporting the Global Plan to Stop TB.
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