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Tuberculosis Transmission
Facts about the transmission of tuberculosis:
Tuberculosis is very contagious.
People with tuberculosis release the virus into the air on droplets of mucus when they sneeze or
cough
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The bacteria enters the lungs of others when they inhale the droplets.
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