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what is tuberoliuos?"the desise"?

my friend has it.

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  • 2 decades ago
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    Do you mean Tuberculosis (TB)the disease?

    Tuberculosis in an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis,a bacteria that likes to live in a environment where there is oxygen (such as the lungs).TB can infect meninges, kidneys, bones, or other tissues. TB is transmitted by respiratory droplets; So stay more than 4 feet away from her so you don't get TB. TB is comcomingldery population. or people that are comming from other countries, people who are immunosupressant (such as people with AIDS)

  • Lee
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    2 decades ago

    If u are referring to tuberculosis (TB) it is primarily an illness of the respiratory system, and is spread by coughing and sneezing. Each year about 2 million people die from this curable disease.

    It is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (Miliary tuberculosis), genitourinary system, bones and joints.

    Tuberculosis is one of the most deadly and common major infectious diseases today, infecting two billion people, or approximately one-third of the world's population. Nine million new cases of disease, resulting in two million deaths, occur annually, mostly in developing countries.

    Most of those infected (90%) have asymptomatic latent TB infection (LTBI). There is a 10% lifetime chance that LTBI will progress to TB disease which, if left untreated, will kill more than 50% of its victims. TB is one of the top three infectious killing diseases in the world: HIV/AIDS kills 3 million people each year, TB kills 2 million, and malaria kills 1 million.

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