TBC: THE GREAT WHITE PLAGUE

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TBC THE GREAT WHITE PLAGUE

• History disease of artists Chopin, Brontes,
  Walter Scott, RL Stevenson, Mimi, Violetta, etc
• Pale appearance white plague
• Ancient disease Egypt 2400 BCE
• 1720 Marten a new theory of consumption
• 1854 Brehmer sanitoria treatment
• 1865 Villemin transmission
• 1882 Robert Koch/postulates
• 1914 WaksmanActinomycin..1943 Streptomycin

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CHALLENGES

• What is the mechanism for the disease.and its
  persistence?
• Why does it keep recurring?
• Why isnt therapy effective sometimes?
• Why is the epidemic progressing?
• How good is our public health system in dealing
  with TBC?
• Can TBC ever be irradicated.globally?