tubercular

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More than 100 years ago, people often got sick and died from a bad disease called tuberculosis. 
These are diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV, and malaria. 

tuberculosis | American Dictionary

tuberculosis
noun[ U ]
us/tʊˌbɜr·kjəˈloʊ·sɪs/(abbreviationTB)
an infectious disease that can attack many parts of the body, esp. the lungs

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The relative contribution of exogenous re-infection to recurrent tuberculosis depends on the incidence of tuberculosis in a community [10, 11].
The case of tuberculosis similarly demonstrates how expert knowledge which challenged dominant power structures was disregarded.
The complications also mean that reproduction number estimates for tuberculosis cannot be used to calculate a simple herd-immunity threshold for the disease.
Moreover, infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, affect the size of the labour force and the productive capacity of the economy.
But if tuberculosis is so clearly the disease being invoked, why the mystery?
Diagnostic methods (tuberculosis bacteriology and leprosy biopsies) are described in detail elsewhere [14, 15].
The hospital where he was treated had no community tuberculosis services.
We do not know how much of an increase in poverty there was due to the tuberculosis in the families of the index subjects.
It also makes clear that tuberculosis is still a problem and an important differential diagnosis in the older population.
Reference to the supposed relationship between schizophrenia and tuberculosis recalls a cautionary tale.
Interpreting the decline in tuberculosis during the last century - the roles of secular trends in effective contact.
Risk factors for drug-resistant tuberculosis is a consequence of drug resistance rather than a cause.
The biopsy material established a specific etiologic diagnosis in 65% and excluded tuberculosis and malignancy in the rest (35%).
The most common mechanical obstacles include colorectal cancer and faecal impaction, with ischaemic colitis and tuberculosis seen less frequently.
Despite the value of consent, it is not compatible with every use of personally identifiable data, for example, controlling the spread of tuberculosis.
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