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TUBERCULOSIS

                TUBERCULOSIS  Tuberculosis ( TB) , also known as Great white Plague     is  one of the deadliest disease of the lungs. It is an Infectious disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria (MTB). Tuberculosis not only affects the lungs but other parts of the body. Pulmonary tuberculosis only affects the lungs. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis do not affect the lungs but other body parts. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis mostly occurs in young children and people with weaker immune system.    Tuberculosis is hard to detect since most tuberculosis don't show symptoms until later stages. This type of tuberculosis is called Latent Tuberculosis. People with latent Tuberculosis do not spread the disease. Tuberculosis is spread from an infected person (with active TB in their lungs) to an healthy person through the air when they cough, speak or sneeze.              ...