Tuberculosis: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments
Last updated Wed 18 January 2017
By James McIntosh
Reviewed by University of Illinois-Chicago, School of Medicine
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that usually affects the lungs. Compared with other diseases caused by a single infectious agent, tuberculosis is the second biggest killer, globally.
In 2015, 1.8 million people died from the disease, with 10.4 million falling ill.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/8856.php
