Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB), e sanso be known colloquially as de "white death", anaa historically as consumption, be a contagious disease wey be usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally dey affect de lungs, buh e sanso fi affect oda parts of de body. Chaw infections no dey show symptoms, in wich case e be known as inactive anaa latent tuberculosis. A small proportion of latent infections dey progress to active disease dat, if dem lef am untreated, fi be fatal. Typical symptoms of active TB be chronic cough plus blood-containing mucus, fever, night sweats, den weight loss. Infection of oda organs fi cause a wide range of symptoms. 

References

 External links 



 WHO global 2016 TB report (infographic)
 WHO tuberculosis country profiles
 "Tuberculosis Among African Americans", 1990-11-01, In Black America; KUT Radio, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (WGBH and the Library of Congress)
 Working Group on New TB drugs, tracking clinical trials and drug candidates


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