Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis Prevalence in the UK,

TB prevalence in the UK

Overview of the TB prevalence

Tuberculosis main cause is a bacterium known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis that infect lungs and it further spread through lungs in order to impact other organs of the body. Similar to other respiratory infections, Tuberculosis spread through airborne droplets which pass via coughing and sneezing. This should be noted that Tuberculosis varies from other airborne infections like colds and flu (Anderson, Maguire, Carless, 2013, p. 163).

Currently, World Health Organization (WHO) estimates has posted high rate of Tuberculosis in 2012, in which UK has warned. In 2010, there were ...