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    Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria that usually affects the lungs, it spreads through the air when infected people cough or sneeze, and active TB disease is treated with a standard 6-month course of 4 antimicrobial drugs provided with supervision.

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    Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria that usually affects the lungs, it spreads through the air when infected people cough or sneeze, and active TB disease is treated with a standard 6-month course of 4 antimicrobial drugs provided with supervision.

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    Q: What is TB? How does it spread? How is it treated?

    A: Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that most often


    affect the lungs. Tuberculosis is curable and preventable.
    TB is spread from person to person through the air. When people with lung TB cough,
    sneeze or spit, they propel the TB germs into the air. A person needs to inhale only a few
    of these germs to become infected.
    About one-third of the world's population has latent TB, which means people have been
    infected by TB bacteria but are not (yet) ill with disease and cannot transmit the disease.
    People infected with TB bacteria have a lifetime risk of falling ill with TB of 10%. However
    persons with compromised immune systems, such as people living with HIV, malnutrition
    or diabetes, or people who use tobacco, have a much higher risk of falling ill.
    When a person develops active TB (disease), the symptoms (cough, fever, night sweats,
    weight loss etc.) may be mild for many months. This can lead to delays in seeking care,
    and results in transmission of the bacteria to others. People ill with TB can infect up to 10-
    15 other people through close contact over the course of a year. Without proper
    treatment up to two thirds of people ill with TB will die.
    Since 2000, 53 million lives have been saved through effective diagnosis and treatment.
    Active, drug-sensitive TB disease is treated with a standard 6-month course of 4
    antimicrobial drugs that are provided with information, supervision and support to the
    patient by a health worker or trained volunteer. The vast majority of TB cases can be
    cured when medicines are provided and taken properly.

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