More diseases in Germany: Tuberculosis is back
In Germany, more people are once again suffering from tuberculosis. Many refugees are infected. But the disease is well treatable.
More people are once again suffering from the infectious disease tuberculosis.
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Mönchengladbach. Even in the middle of the 19th century, every fourth adult man in Germany died of tuberculosis (TBC), also known as consumption. Today, the disease has almost completely disappeared from the consciousness of Germans. However, tuberculosis is still one of the most common infectious diseases worldwide, alongside HIV and malaria. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 9.6 million people were newly infected in 2014 and 1.5 million died.