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(a) Tuberculosis.

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  • Tuberculosis is an infectious disease which is communicated from one person to another directly or indirectly.
  • Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium-called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
  • Symptoms include fever, fatigue, coughing up with blood mucus, weakness, chest pain etc.
  • Tuberculosis can be cured by taking drugs. Vaccines like BCG are given to protect an organism from getting affected by the bacterium that causes TB.

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