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Mention the most common mode of transmission of tuberculosis bacteria.
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- Tuberculosis is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and it most often affects the lungs.
- It is spread by the sputum from the infected person.
- That is, through the air when people with lung TB cough, sneeze or spit.
- A person needs to inhale only a few germs to become infected.
- Tuberculosis is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and it most often affects the lungs.
- It is spread by the sputum from the infected person.
- That is, through the air when people with lung TB cough, sneeze or spit.
- A person needs to inhale only a few germs to become infected.
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