Dr. Robert Koch (1843 – 1910)
1. 24th of March 1882 Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of Tuberculosis, was discovered
2. Someone in the world is newly infected with TB bacilli every second and someone dies of TB every 20 seconds.
3. Overall, one-third of the world's population is currently infected with the TB bacillus.
4. More than 2 billion people, equal to one third of the world’s total population, are infected with TB bacilli
5. Nigeria has the world’s fourth largest Tuberculosis burden.
6. One in every 10 of those people will become sick with active TB in his or her lifetime.
7. Left untreated, each person with active TB disease will infect on average between 10-15 people every year.
8. People living with HIV are at a much greater risk to get TB.
9. TB is a leading killer among people living with HIV
10. —A single cough may produce up to 3000 droplets of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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