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NIOSH video on tuberculosis respiratory protection, 2002. During the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the US, up to 35% of those affected by TB were also infected by HIV. [125] Handling of TB-infected patients in US hospitals was known to create airborne TB that could infect others, especially in unventilated spaces. [126]
Tuberculosis (or TB) is an infectious disease, usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria. [1] TB generally affects the lungs , but can also affect other parts of the body. [ 1 ]
The Wells-Riley model is a simple model of the airborne transmission of infectious diseases, [1] [2] developed by William F. Wells and Richard L. Riley for tuberculosis [3] and measles. [ 4 ] Wells-Riley can also be applied to other diseases transmitted in the air, such as COVID-19 .
Symptoms of M. tuberculosis include coughing that lasts for more than three weeks, hemoptysis, chest pain when breathing or coughing, weight loss, fatigue, fever, night sweats, chills, and loss of appetite. M. tuberculosis also has the potential of spreading to other parts of the body. This can cause blood in urine if the kidneys are affected ...
The COVID-19 pandemic is derailing global efforts to tackle tuberculosis, the world's deadliest infectious disease, with cases likely to rise without urgent action and investment, the World Health ...
An infectious disease agent can be transmitted in two ways: as horizontal disease agent transmission from one individual to another in the same generation (peers in the same age group) [3] by either direct contact (licking, touching, biting), or indirect contact through air – cough or sneeze (vectors or fomites that allow the transmission of the agent causing the disease without physical ...
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