San Diego State University: COVID-19 Could Activate Latent Tuberculosis
September 22, 2020
September 22, 2020
SAN DIEGO, California, Sept. 22 (TNSRes) -- San Diego State University issued the following news release:
For most of us in the United States, our only awareness of tuberculosis (TB) may be the skin patch test required to work or volunteer in schools or health care facilities. But that could change during the pandemic.
TB is considered a disease caused by a bacterium - Mycobacterium tuberculosis - that usually attacks the lungs, but can attack any part of the body. Not . . .
For most of us in the United States, our only awareness of tuberculosis (TB) may be the skin patch test required to work or volunteer in schools or health care facilities. But that could change during the pandemic.
TB is considered a disease caused by a bacterium - Mycobacterium tuberculosis - that usually attacks the lungs, but can attack any part of the body. Not . . .