page_title: Tuberculosis
section_title: Prevention
hierarchical_section_title: Tuberculosis / Prevention
caption_attribution_description: English: Title: Tuberculosis Don't kiss me!&#160;: Your kiss of affection - the germ of infection / / JD. Date Created/Published: [New York]&#160;: WPA Federal Art Project, District 4, [between 1936 and 1941] Medium: 1 print on board (poster)&#160;: silkscreen, color. Summary: Poster about tuberculosis in children and methods of transmission, showing a child wearing a bib. Reproduction Number: LC-USZC2-5369 (color film copy slide) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Call Number: POS - WPA - NY .D03, no. 4 (B size) [P&amp;P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Notes: Town of Hempstead, W.H. Runcie M.D. Health Officer. Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Note: You can download a higher resolution of this image if you need it at the LOC website: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/98516354/ Photo Credit: Library of Congress, LC-USZC2-5369
context_page_description: Tuberculosis is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, in which case it is known as latent tuberculosis. About 10% of latent infections progress to active disease which, if left untreated, kills about half of those affected. The classic symptoms of active TB are a chronic cough with blood-containing mucus, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. It was historically called "consumption" due to the weight loss. Infection of other organs can cause a wide range of symptoms.
  Tuberculosis is spread from one person to the next through the air when people who have active TB in their lungs cough, spit, speak, or sneeze. People with latent TB do not spread the disease. Active infection occurs more often in people with HIV/AIDS and in those who smoke. Diagnosis of active TB is based on chest X-rays, as well as microscopic examination and culture of body fluids. Diagnosis of latent TB relies on the tuberculin skin test or blood tests.
context_section_description: Tuberculosis prevention and control efforts rely primarily on the vaccination of infants and the detection and appropriate treatment of active cases. The World Health Organization (WHO) has achieved some success with improved treatment regimens, and a small decrease in case numbers.
caption: Tuberculosis prevention poster from the United States, c. 1940
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