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Yes, TB is very contagious. It is easily spread through airborne bacteria, from someone who has TB sneezing, coughing and even their saliva.
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Tuberculosis is very contagious through saliva, coughing, and sneezing. Active TB cases are still kept isolated from non-infected people so the infection can be contained. Once the active phase has passed, a person with TB can still shed tuberculosis germs. This is one reason that all health care workers are tested yearly for TB.

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