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What is Tuberculosis?

Fact Sheet
What is Tuberculosis?

This fact sheet provides general information regarding TB infection and TB disease. Also available in the following languages: Amharic, Arabic, Cape Verdean Creole, Chinese, French, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Khmer, Nepali, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.

Author:

Massachusetts Department of Public Health Division of Global Populations and Infectious Disease Prevention

Audiences:

General Public, Persons With LTBI

Topic:

General TB Information

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