Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis prevention and control

Tuberculosis When any part of the body gets infected with Mycobacterium tubercle, it is called tuberculosis.Most of the infections caused by this bacterium occur in the lungs of humans. This is called pulmonary tuberculosis. Apart from the lungs, this disease also occurs in the intestines, meninges, bones, joints, lymph glands, skin, etc. Source of Infection. […]

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National TB Elimination Programme

Introduction TB Elimination Overview Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by a bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and usually spreads through respiratory droplets/droplet nuclei in the air. When these droplets are inhaled by a healthy person, she/he gets infected with tuberculosis. This infected person has a 10-15% lifetime risk of developing TB and a single patient

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