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Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, [7] is a contagious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria. [1] Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs , but it can also affect other parts of the body. [ 1 ]
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Aspergilloma in an old tuberculosis cavity; healed, calcified tuberculous lesions are also present towards the right of the image Healed tuberculous cavity, where the entire left lung is destroyed. Post-tuberculosis lung disease (PTLD) is ongoing lung disease that is caused by tuberculosis (TB) but persists after the infection is cured. [1]
A tuberculosis outbreak in Long Beach, California, led the city to declare a public health emergency. It comes amid a national rise in tuberculosis cases. California city declares a public health ...
Human infectious diseases may be characterized by their case fatality rate (CFR), the proportion of people diagnosed with a disease who die from it (cf. mortality rate).It should not be confused with the infection fatality rate (IFR), the estimated proportion of people infected by a disease-causing agent, including asymptomatic and undiagnosed infections, who die from the disease.
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Not to be confused with List of tuberculosis cases. The following is a list of notable people who have died due to tuberculosis. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2023) 641: Heraclius Constantine – Byzantine Emperor, aged 29 1485: Anne Neville - Queen of England, aged 28 1506: Henry VII of England – King of England, aged 52 1537: Madeleine of Valois ...