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Overview, Pathology
Overview In 1993, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared tuberculosis a global emergency. According to the WHO, worldwide incidence of tuberculosis (TB) may have peaked in 2005. Tuberculosis infection is responsible for more deaths than any other infectious disease. Once called consumption, TB is a highly contagious, persistent disease characterized by the formation of hard grayish nodules, or tubercles. The disease is most often caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis an...Read the full article 
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