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10 Facts about Tuberculosis
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The estimation of death rates due to tuberculosis in 2005 figures 1.6 million, with the highest number of deaths and highest mortality per capita being in the Africa Region.
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Tuberculosis is a deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria, generally Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs and can also affect the central nervous system, the lymphatic system, the circulatory system, the genitourinary system, the gastrointestinal system, bones, joints and even the skin.
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The treatment for tuberculosis is a long term process and involves taking multiple antibiotics.
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Tuberculosis spreads through the air, when people who have the disease cough, sneeze or spit.
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The first antibiotic streptomycin, which was introduced in 1940 helped in bringing tuberculosis under control.
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Tuberculosis is more common in elderly persons and 23,000 cases of tuberculosis reported in the United States in 1995 were developed among people above the age of 65.
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The World Health Organization estimates that the largest number of new TB cases in 2005 occurred in the South-East Asia Region.
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The microbiologist Robert Koch discovered the tubercle bacillus in 1882 when it caused seven deaths in Europe. He named it Tuberculosis.
10
HIV and TB form a lethal combination, each speeding the other's progress and so people with HIV and TB infection are much more likely to develop tuberculosis.
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