How much do you know about tuberculosis?

Tuberculosis is the second leading cause of death from infectious disease worldwide after COVID-19. Yet, many people don’t know much about it or know only misinformation from pop culture.

Can you identify the true facts about tuberculosis from the misinformation? Test your knowledge now.

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1. Before the discovery of the actual cause of tuberculosis, the disease was thought to be hereditary. Another less scientific theory suggested that tuberculosis was caused by:

Going to bed after midnight Not wearing a jacket in cold weather Leeches Vampires

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2. How is tuberculosis actually transmitted from one person to another?

Airborne bacteria, like when someone speaks or coughs Skin-to-skin contact, like through handshakes Contact with bodily fluids, like blood or saliva The internet, like through emails or social media

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3. When was the earliest known case of tuberculosis?

The Victorian Era, in the 1800s The Neolithic Era, around 9000 years ago Only very recently, in the mid-2000s The Ancient Era, around 3000 years ago

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4. Complete the sentence. Tuberculosis is:

Curable and preventable Especially difficult to diagnose in children Present everywhere in the world All of the above

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5. Tuberculosis has been known by many names throughout history, such as phthisis in Ancient Greek and schachepheth in Ancient Hebrew. What was tuberculosis commonly called in Europe in the 1800s?

The Horrors Quinsy Consumption Apoplexy

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6. Fill in the blank: 98% of tuberculosis cases occur in low- and middle-income countries and roughly 86% of all new global tuberculosis cases occur in just ___ countries.

13 59 30 101

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7. The advent of antibiotics was an incredible breakthrough in treating tuberculosis. Streptomycin, an antibiotic classified by the World Health Organization as critically important for human medicine, was first developed in 1943 to treat tuberculosis by scientist(s):

Selman Waksman Elizabeth Bugie Albert Schatz All of the above

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8. Complete the sentence: Over the last 20 years, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria has ___ save 44 million lives and given the world the tools to ___ these preventable global threats.

started, fight helped, end controlled, sight elected, add

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