RESPIRATORY
OLD TUBERCULOSIS
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Agua
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Gastrointestinal tract of animals
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Detailed explanation-1: -The natural habitat of M. tuberculosis is humans, but it can also infect animals which have contact with humans. M. africanum is predominantly isolated in different parts of Africa (4).
Detailed explanation-2: -Humans are the only known reservoirs of M. tuberculosis.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tuberculosis, or TB, is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs. It is transmitted from person to person via droplets from the throat and lungs of people with the active respiratory disease.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne infectious disease caused by organisms of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Although primarily a pulmonary pathogen, M. tuberculosis can cause disease in almost any part of the body. Infection with M.