Only a few TB bacteria, which spread through microscopic droplets released into the air, are necessary to cause an infection. — TNS
WORLD Tuberculosis (TB) Day is commemorated on March 24 annually.
This date was the day in 1882 when German physician and bacteriologist Dr Robert Koch (1843-1910) announced the discovery of the bacterium that causes TB.
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