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Which disease has infected one third of the world's population?
Tuberculosis
Who does tuberculosis harm most?
The classic organ affected by tuberculosis is the lung. Many other organs may be infected.
Strep throat and tuberculosis both are caused by contact with infected?
These illnesses are spread by contact with infected mucus.
What part of the body most often becomes infected with tuberculosis?
your lungs
Was there a tuberculosis outbreak in the early 1900s?
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.
The bacterial disease that cannot be spread by infected people who do not have active disease is?
tuberculosis
A cow infected with active bovine tuberculosis sprayed saliva in my water and i drank the water. What chance of getting bovine tuberculosis?
It's likely that it is very minimal that you will get tuberculosis, as it is not a water-borne disease.
To catch tuberculosis a person must?
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 and tuberculosis both are caused by contact with infected what?
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.
Is Tuberculosis of spine is contagious?
Tuberculosis of the spine, also known as spinal tuberculosis or Pott's disease, is not directly contagious. The bacteria that cause tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) primarily spread through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. However, spinal tuberculosis usually results from the spread of the infection from the lungs to the spine, rather than through direct contact with an infected individual. Therefore, while the underlying TB infection can be contagious, the spinal form itself is not spread through casual contact.
Can you get tuberculosis primarily from blood of an infected person?
yes you can. tuberculosis is a very contagious sickness that if gotten calls for 6 weeks quarantine-sgt. daniel moos
How much of the worlds population is infected with tuberculosis?
Approximately one-quarter of the world's population is estimated to be infected with tuberculosis (TB), often in the form of latent TB, which means they are not currently ill but carry the bacteria. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), around 1.5 billion people are believed to have latent TB. However, only a small percentage of these individuals will develop active TB disease over their lifetime. Efforts to diagnose and treat TB continue to be a global health priority.
