Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus) is a common and often deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs (as pulmonary TB).

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