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Tackling the threat of asymptomatic TB in South Africa – Juta MedicalBrief | SA News

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to spread in South Africa at alarming rates, possibly because some people may have the disease without TB symptoms and may unknowingly be passing on the bug, writes Elri Voigt for Spotlight.

The tenacious bug has survived and thrived for millennia, even though the disease, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, can be cured by antibiotics.

The bug has adapted extremely well to evade our immune systems and spread through tiny droplets in the air. Inhaling these droplets doesn’t automatically mean it will flourish in the lungs and cause the disease. In fact, only around one in 10 people exposed to the bug will go on to develop TB.

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