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Why is tuberculosis considered a reemerging virus?

Anonymous

∙ 11y ago

Updated: 11/15/2022

TB is caused by a bacteria not a virus. But we more or less thought that we "won the war" but it has changed and became dangerous again by adapting. Something called evolution. Our medications have actually selected for hardier strains.

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