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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]
Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, [7] is a contagious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria. [1] Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. [1]
English: :Tuberculosis incidence (per 100,000 people) Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new and relapse tuberculosis cases arising in a given year, expressed as the rate per 100,000 population. All forms of TB are included, including cases in people living with HIV.
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 ...
Kansas is experiencing the largest tuberculosis outbreak in American history. ... form of tuberculosis circulating right now appears to be resistant to two common treatment methods for the disease ...
Tuberculosis deaths in the United States (4 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Tuberculosis in the United States" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Tuberculosis deaths in Washington, D.C. (18 P) Pages in category "Tuberculosis deaths in the United States" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
It’s estimated that about two billion people worldwide are infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis, often just shortened to tuberculosis or simply ‘TB’. Two billion is a ton of people, but even though they’re infected, that doesn’t mean all those people have symptoms, the vast majority, about 90-95%, aren’t even aware they’re ...