In the United States, 0.0042% of the population has tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis
The classic organ affected by tuberculosis is the lung. Many other organs may be infected.
These illnesses are spread by contact with infected mucus.
your lungs
Like now, tuberculosis was spread through the air when someone infected with cough or sneeze. It could also be spread while an infected person was speaking, singing, or spitting.
tuberculosis
It's likely that it is very minimal that you will get tuberculosis, as it is not a water-borne disease.
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.
Strep throat is caused by contact with infected individuals, specifically through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Tuberculosis (TB), on the other hand, is also transmitted through airborne particles when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks. In both cases, close contact with someone who is infected increases the risk of transmission.
yes you can. tuberculosis is a very contagious sickness that if gotten calls for 6 weeks quarantine-sgt. daniel moos
Tuberculosis is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is spread through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. You can get infected by inhaling the bacteria or through contact with contaminated surfaces. Being in close contact with someone with active TB disease increases the risk of transmission.
yes. secondary tuberculosis which is more common in adult is actually the reactivation of the bacterial (M. Tuberculosis) which remain dormant in the lung after the first infection that can go back years ago.