Coffee intake, smoking, and pulmonary function in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.
Nettleton JA, Follis JL, Schabath MB.
Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Jun 15;169(12):1445-53. Epub 2009 Apr 16.
PMID: 19372215
doi:10.1093/aje/kwp068
Approximately 2 billion people suffer from Tuberculosis each year. Tuberculosis or simply TB is an infectious and highly contagious disease of the body especially lungs. It spreads mainly via Mycobacterium tuberculosis which is a tough and highly resistant microbe.
Tuberculosis is a serious, infectious and often fatal disease of the lungs. It can also affect other parts of the body. But the most common type of Tuberculosis is pulmonary Tuberculosis. It is more common in women than in men. The causative agent is a Gram-positive bacterium (Mycobacterium tuberculosis).