📅 Today is World #Tuberculosis Day. Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top infectious diseases in the world. In 2022, 10.6 million people fell ill with TB and 1.3 million died. Diagnosis and treatment of latent and active tuberculosis infection are a priority to prevent the spread of TB disease. #WorldTBDay #EndTB | bioMérieux

Tuberculosis (TB): Did you know that One-third of the world’s population is currently infected with TB but they have a latent form of the disease and so have no symptoms and cannot transmit it. TB is spread through the air when infected people cough or sneeze. The disease most often affects the lungs. Symptoms include a persistent cough, fever, weight loss, chest pain and breathlessness in the lead-up to death. MSF initiated 20,900 patients on treatment for TB in 2016 of which 2,700 for MDR-TB.