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But the United States is actually experiencing the largest tuberculosis outbreak in its history. The outbreak, which is concentrated in Kansas, seems to have been going on since 2021, but a lot of ...
An outbreak of the respiratory disease tuberculosis in Kansas is the largest in the state — and some are saying it’s the biggest surge in recent U.S. history. There are a total of 67 active ...
A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas, has become the largest documented on record in the United States. As of Jan. 24, 2025, there have been 67 active cases reported in Wyandotte County ...
The history of tuberculosis encompasses the origins of the disease, tuberculosis (TB) through to the vaccines and treatments methods developed to contain and mitigate its impact. Throughout history, the disease tuberculosis has been variously known as consumption, phthisis, and the White Plague.
Starting in 2024, the U.S. state of Kansas experienced a sudden rise in cases of tuberculosis, with 67 active cases. [1] 109 cases of tuberculosis were recorded in Kansas in 2024, compared to 51 in 2023. [2] It is the largest tuberculosis outbreak in the U.S. since documentation began in the 1950s. [3] [4]
M. tuberculosis is able to reproduce inside the macrophage and will eventually kill the immune cell. The primary site of infection in the lungs, known as the Ghon focus, is generally located in either the upper part of the lower lobe, or the lower part of the upper lobe. [13] Tuberculosis of the lungs may also occur via infection from the blood ...
A wave of tuberculosis cases hitting the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area has become the largest documented TB outbreak in the United States since monitoring began in the 1950s, according to the ...
Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped our History is a 2022 non-fiction book about the history of tuberculosis by health journalist Vidya Krishnan. [1] [2]It covers the history of tuberculosis through the 19th, 20th, and early 21st centuries, from early understandings of the disease to modern public health and pharmaceutical interventions.