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What Is TB?
What is TB?
 

What is TB?

Tuberculosis is a potentially fatal disease caused by airborne bacteria that primarily affect the lungs. But there are encouraging new signs of progress in TB, leading the way to save millions of lives worldwide.

How much do you know about this disease? Find out in the following slides.

First Question
What percentage of the world’s population has been infected with the TB bacterium? (Answer on next slide.)

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