BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE
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Question
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All of the following are reasons why tuberculosis (TB) is still a growing threat in developing countries EXCEPT:
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It spreads rapidly from person to person.
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There are very few screening and control programs.
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Strains of TB bacteria have developed antibiotic resistance.
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People living in crowded conditions increases the spread of the disease.
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There are no effective drugs currently offered to treat TB.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The vast majority of TB deaths – 95 percent – occur in poor or developing nations. The active version of the disease is expensive and difficult to treat, and new variants of the illness resistant to antibiotics are making it even more difficult.
Detailed explanation-2: -live and work in poorly ventilated and overcrowded conditions, which provide ideal conditions for TB bacteria to spread. suffer from malnutrition and disease – particularly HIV – which reduces resistance to TB.
Detailed explanation-3: -Since the 1940s, the number of cases and deaths from tuberculosis (TB) has been decreasing in most developed countries; in developing countries, however, TB remains a major problem.
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