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Published: 26.04.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Tuberculosis', 1.
Extract

At one time in history tuberculosis was one of the main causes of death in the United States. It kills nearly two billion people a year, between 2000 and 2020 one million people will be infected and 35 billion people will have died from TB.
Tuberculosis (TB) - TB is a bacterium (Mycobacterium Tuberculosis) that becomes active in the immune system and cannot be stopped. Mycobacterium Tuberculosis can attack any part of the body; however, it usually attacks the lungs. Once it attacks the lungs it becomes very contagious.…

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