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TUBERCULOSIS : BACKGROUND, CAUSES TREATMENTS By Hardik Modi

What is TB?. TB is an infectious airborne disease; the germs (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) are transferred from person to person. Spreads via air, exchanging same air with a TB patient gives rise to a latent TB infection It is believed to have spread from Cows (Mycobacterium bovis) to Humans (My

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TUBERCULOSIS : BACKGROUND, CAUSES TREATMENTS By Hardik Modi

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    1. TUBERCULOSIS : BACKGROUND, CAUSES & TREATMENTS By Hardik Modi

    2. What is TB? TB is an infectious airborne disease; the germs (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) are transferred from person to person. Spreads via air, exchanging same air with a TB patient gives rise to a latent TB infection It is believed to have spread from Cows (Mycobacterium bovis) to Humans (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)

    3. Initial Body defense Initially Macrophages try to attack the bacteria. Phagocytosis, chemotaxis, etc. If bacteria not killed, latent TB infection develops Gives rise to active form, as the immune system weakens

    4. Bodies defense system walls the clumps of bacteria into the lumps of scar tissues, the tubercles. The mixture of dead and latent bacteria and the macrophages in the tubercle is called caseous.

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