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The milestones in tuberculosis

Written by Infectious Diseases Hub

Tuberculosis, or TB, is the leading infectious killer globally; in 2017 there were 10 million cases of the disease and 1.6 million deaths. Recent years have seen huge progress in research but more action is still needed, so where did the story start?

In line with World TB Day we take a look back at the history of this field and the major milestones to-date.