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To get tuberculosis, a person must be exposed to the air exhaled by an infected person for an extended period of time in a confined area.
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How do you catch tuberculosis?
It is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is transmitted from person to other by droplet nuclei which are aerosolized by coughing,sneezing and speaking.
The tuberculosis adisease of what?
Tuberculosis (TB) is a caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, and spread person to person through the air.
How spread Tuberculosis?
A person is able to 'catch' Tuberculosis by breathing in droplets from a cough or a sneeze from one who has Tuberculosis. The bacterium enters and kills the macrophages in the lungs and multiplies within them (thus causing the macrophages to deactivate and be incompetent, meaning that they are unable to destroy harmful bacteria).
What disease did Marie curies mother catch?
tuberculosis
Did Mother Teresa catch tuberculosis?
Yes, she contracted tuberculosis and was forced to stop teaching to recuperate.
How is tuberculosis linked to aids?
Aids weakens the immune system so it's easier to catch Tuberculosis with aids.
What organs does tuberculosis damage?
The organ that is damaged if a person has Tuberculosis (TB) is the lungs.
Is tuberculosis airborne?
The cause of tuberculosis is the infectious agent called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This is an aerobic bacterium that does need oxygen or air to survive.
Who was the first person to get tuberculosis?
Tuberculosis is named for the bacterium that causes it, "mycobacterium tuberculosis", which was first "seen" by Robert Koch, a German physician. Tuberculosis used to be called "consumption".
How does one get Tuberculosis?
Passed on from bacteria. Either from a person with tuberculosis coughing on them or if they used a cup that someone with tuberculosis just used etcc.. x
Microorganism that causes Tuberculosis?
i think it is mycobacterium bovis, (which is the one you can catch from cattle), which is much more uncommon than mycobacterium tuberculosis, (which is the most common one ).
When did Albert Calmette discover tuberculosis?
Albert Calmette did NOT discover tuberculosis. He was only trying to cure it. In 1882, the German microbiologist Robert Koch discovered that Mycobacterium Tuberculosis caused tuberculosis. However, the discoverer of tuberculosis is not one person, but many scientists who have described the disease.The first person to describe the disease was Hippocrates, a Greek physician. This shows that tuberculosis has existed for 15,000 to 20,000 years.
