This chapter defines tuberculosis as a contagious disease caused by a germ called the tubercle bacillus. The tubercle bacillus is shaped like a rod. It is made visible under the microscope by special staining methods. The tubercle bacillus is resistant and can live for a long time outside the...
What Is Tuberculosis?: Its Control and Prevention provides an introduction to the understanding of tuberculosis, a contagious lung disease caused by tubercle bacillus. This book discusses the characteristics, causes, treatment, control, and prevention of this disease. Organized into two parts encompassing...
What is tuberculosis (TB)? TB is a severe infection caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB usually starts in the lungs. The bacteria are easily spread from one person to another through the air. They can live in your body a long time without making you sick. This is calle...
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by the bacteria known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This bacteria affects the lungs. Tuberculosis is a treatable disease, however it requires a prolonged period of treatment. It is easily spread through the air....
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that primarily affects the respiratory system and includes symptoms of sickness or weakness, fever, and more.
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.Although TB is thought of as a lung disease, it can attack other parts of the body such as the spine, kidney and brain. Left untreated, TB can be fatal. It is spread through droplets in the air when an infected person coughs,...
What type of disease is leukemia? The organisms that cause malaria and Chagas' disease fall under which kingdom? Anopheles mosquitoes are vectors of malaria, and which other diseases? What are the disease and symptoms caused by: 1. Polio Virus? 2. West Nile Virus?
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused byMycobacterium tuberculosisbacteria. This bacteria enters the lungs and multiples, leading to symptoms like pain, difficulty breathing, cold sweats, low-grade fever and coughing with blood. The emergence of blood is actually one of the main symptoms associa...
At that time, it wasn’t uncommon for people to become ill from typhoid fever, scarlet fever, tuberculosis and other illnesses caused by harmful bacteria in milk. The ordinance created a consistent foundation for the quality and safety standards on farms, in dairy plants and during transportation...
Infections disease doctors often concentrate on bacterial diseases like tuberculosis, viral conditions like HIV, parasites like tapeworms or tropical illnesses like malaria. Alternatively, someone in this field could treat a wide range of infectious diseases without focusing ...