Tuberculosis Cows (IMAGE)

Penn State

Tuberculosis Cows

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Tuberculosis kills 1.4 million people every year, making it the most deadly disease arising from a single infectious agent. Researchers found that the number of cases that are due to transmission from animals, as opposed to human-to-human transmission, may be much higher than previously estimated.

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Vivek Kapur, Penn State

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