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  • Tuberculosis (TB) is a communicable disease that is a major cause of ill health.

  • TB is caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb)

  • TB disease typically affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) (80%) but can also affect other parts of the body (extra pulmonary TB) (20%)

  • It spreads when people who are sick with TB expel bacteria into the air (for example by coughing, sneezing, shouting or singing)

  • It is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide and the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent

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ID Page title Content Status Content Creator LMS Page Link Language Reviewer
16 Tuberculosis Published on LMS Namrata LMSLink English Abhimanyu
16 Tuberculosis Namrata Gujarati Abhimanyu
16 Tuberculosis Approved Namrata Hindi Abhimanyu
16 Tuberculosis Approved Namrata Marathi Abhimanyu
16 Tuberculosis Namrata LMSLink Oriya Abhimanyu
16 Tuberculosis Approved Namrata Tamil Abhimanyu
313 Tuberculosis Depreciated Tonmoy LMSLink English Abhimanyu
16 Tuberculosis Published on LMS Namrata LMSLink Telugu Abhimanyu
5699 Tuberculosis Final Review Abhimanyu English ManuMathew