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    Tuberculosis is a chronic bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis that usually affects the lungs. It is spread through the air and while most infected people have latent TB, some will develop active disease. Globally, TB is a leading infectious killer and in 2010 there were an estimated 8.8 million new cases. In the United States, TB cases have been declining but minorities and foreign-born individuals are disproportionately affected, accounting for 60% of cases in 2010. While treatable, TB remains a global health problem.

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    Tuberculosis is a chronic bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis that usually affects the lungs. It is spread through the air and while most infected people have latent TB, some will develop active disease. Globally, TB is a leading infectious killer and in 2010 there were an estimated 8.8 million new cases. In the United States, TB cases have been declining but minorities and foreign-born individuals are disproportionately affected, accounting for 60% of cases in 2010. While treatable, TB remains a global health problem.

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    Tuberculosis is a chronic bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis that usually affects the lungs. It is spread through the air and while most infected people have latent TB, some will develop active disease. Globally, TB is a leading infectious killer and in 2010 there were an estimated 8.8 million new cases. In the United States, TB cases have been declining but minorities and foreign-born individuals are disproportionately affected, accounting for 60% of cases in 2010. While treatable, TB remains a global health problem.

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    11/13/12

    Tuberculosis (TB) Overview

    Tuberculosis(TB)
    Overview
    Indevelopedcountries,suchastheUnitedStates,manypeoplethinkTBisa diseaseofthepast.TB,however,isstillaleadingkillerofyoungadultsworldwide. Some2billionpeopleonethirdoftheworld'spopulationarethoughttobeinfected withTBbacteria,Mycobacteriumtuberculosis(Mtb).

    VolunteerforNIAIDfunded TBisachronicbacterialinfection.Itisspreadthroughtheairandusuallyinfectsthe clinicalstudiesrelatedto tuberculosison lungs,althoughotherorgansandpartsofthebodycanbeinvolvedaswell.Most peoplewhoareinfectedwithMtbharborthebacteriumwithoutsymptoms(havelatent ClinicalTrials.gov. TB),butsomewilldevelopactiveTBdisease.In2010,anestimated8.8million peoplefellillwithTB,including1.1millioncasesamongpeoplewithHIV,according Additional totheWorldHealthOrganization. InformationFrom Onein10peoplewhoareinfectedwithMtbmaydevelopactiveTBatsometimein theirlives.Theriskofdevelopingactivediseaseisgreatestinthefirstyearafter infection,butactivediseaseoftendoesnotoccuruntilmanyyearslater.

    NIAID
    GlobalResearch,Africa RapidlyandEffectively DiagnosingTuberculosis EmergingandReemerging InfectiousDiseases

    TBintheUnitedStates
    AccordingtotheCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention(CDC),11,182TB cases(arateof3.6casesper100,000persons)werereportedintheUnitedStatesin 2010.BoththenumberofTBcasesreportedandthecaseratedecreased, representinga3.1%and3.8%declinecomparedto2009.

    TBcaseratesvarybywellknownfactorssuchasage,raceandethnicity,andcountryoforigin.Minoritiesare affecteddisproportionatelybyTB,whichoccursamongforeignbornindividualsmorefrequentlythanamongpeople bornintheUnitedStates.ThisispartiallybecausetheywereoftenexposedtoMtbintheircountryoforiginbefore movingtotheUnitedStates.Theproportionoftotalcasesoccurringinforeignbornpersonshasbeenincreasing since1993.In2010,60%ofTBcasesoccurredinforeignbornpersons.Foreignbornpersonshaveaccountedfor themajorityofTBcasesintheUnitedStateseveryyearsince2001.Moreover,thecaserateamongforeignborn personsin2010wasapproximately11timeshigherthanamongU.S.bornpersons,accordingtotheCDC.

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