*Robert Koch found the bacteria 1882
==Epidemiology==
est. case est. death
all form 10mil 1.4mil
HIV-ass 0.9 mil 208,000
MDR-Tb ≈558,000 ≈190,000
*8 countries account for 2/3 of all worldwide Tb
#India
#China
#Indonesia
#the Phillippines
#Pakistan
#Nigeria
#Bangladesh
#South Africa
==Transmission==
*transmission-influencing factors
**sputum status of index case
**proximity - distance between each other
**time
*susceptibility of person