TB Research

Tuberculosis

Maimoona Ahmed

Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2019-10

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide and is believed to be nearly as old as human history. Tuberculosis remains the most common cause of death from infectious agents in childbearing-age women (14–49 years) worldwide.

MeSH terms

  • Tuberculosis
  • Medicine
  • Infectious agent
  • Cause of death
  • Infectious disease (medical specialty)