What Is Tuberculosis (TB)?
Tuberculosis is a serious illness that kills approximately 1.5 million people across the globe annually. While the disease had been almost nonexistent for decades in developed countries, cases began to rise again in the mid-1980s with the spread of HIV. By the mid-‘90s, incidents began to drop again due to treatment protocols, but TB is still a concern.
The infection typically strikes the lungs, though it can attack other parts of the body as well. Not everyone who contracts tuberculosis gets sick from it. That said, on a global scale, it is the leading cause of death from an infectious disease.
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