Tuberculosis, known medically as TB, is a contagious lung disease that spreads through the air from one person to another. Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is a treatable disease that can be prevented with the TB vaccine.
About a quarter of the world's population has latent tuberculosis. This means that these people are infected with tuberculosis bacteria but have not (yet) developed active disease and cannot transmit it to others. People infected with tuberculosis bacteria have a lifetime risk of 5 to 15% of developing tuberculosis disease.
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