Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780134832302
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that affects lung. It is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This infection mostly does not express symptoms thus called latent tuberculosis. It spreads through air from the coughing, spitting, sneezing or speaking of an infected person.

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