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- Also known as TB, "Consumption"
- 1/3 of world's population carries the bacteriumWorld Health Organization: Tuberculosis Fact Sheet
- Every second, someone is infectedWorld Health Organization: Tuberculosis Fact Sheet
- 5-10% of people infected demonstrate symptomsWorld Health Organization: Tuberculosis Fact Sheet
- Symptoms: coughing, weight loss, fever, night sweats
- Cause discovered by Robert KochNobelPrize.org: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1905
- Can be deadly
- Latent form most common
- XDR TB (extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis) develops if treatments are not conducted properly
- On March 10, 2009, the CDC confirmed that a man traveling from Frankfurt, Germany to Detroit, Michigan was infected with TuberculosisThe Detroit News: 17 fliers sought as man with TB held (March 16, 2009)
- Although the risk is considered low, the CDC requires testing for those sitting in the same row as the infected man, as well as those sitting two rows ahead and two rows behindThe Detroit News: 17 fliers sought as man with TB held (March 16, 2009)
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Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The infection mostly affects the lungs but can also spread elsewhere in the body. Tuberculosis remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases worldwide and is estimated to kill one person every twenty seconds.
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Transmission
When a person suffering from tuberculosis coughs or sneezes, they send infectious aerosol droplets out into the air. If another person inhales even one of these infected droplets, they can contract the disease. At particular risk are children, those suffering from compromised immune systems, and anyone exposed to infected persons on an ongoing basis, such as health care workers.Famous Sufferers
- Doc Holliday
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Henry David Thoreau
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Frederic Chopin
- John Keats
Tuberculosis in Culture
Owing to its highly infectious and fatal nature, the disease has inspired a variety of folk explanations, remedies and treatments throughout human history. In the 18th century, dying of tuberculosis was widely considered to be "romantic," a cleansing of the soul that led to a burst of creative inspiration and a general feeling of euphoria.-
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Tuberculosis Questions
What is tuberculosis? 1 AnswerSomething you get tested for when you get to jail. Here is some more information. read more
This sounds unlikely to me. I'm asking specifically about the story a few paragraphs down about untreated TB in the UK. 2 AnswersAccording to the UK Department of Health, "medication for the treatment of tuberculosis to be provided free of charge in TB clinics or via a patient group direc... read more
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