Friday 24th May 2024
Difficulty: Very hard
Tuberculosis (Quiz #553)
Questions by Mary Redfern
Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis particles (colorised pink), the bacterium which causes TB. Photo by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Unsplash)
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by a type of bacteria. It most often affects the lungs.
1. Latent tuberculous is when someone has tuberculosis in their body but shows no symptoms and is not contagious. What proportion of the world's population has latent TB?
2. Which of these has NOT been considered to be a treatment of TB?
3. Which of these was invented as a result of widespread TB?
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