title: Reducing the occupational risk of TB.
abstract: Tuberculosis, an infectious disease caused by the micro-organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has wrought devastation for centuries. According to estimates, in the 1800s alone, say estimates, it was responsible for almost one-third of the deaths in Europe. In the 20th century, the incidence of TB declined dramatically in developed countries, especially after the development of anti-TB drugs in the late 1940s. Yet in under-developed countries today, roughly one-third of the world's population is thought to be infected with the tubercle bacillus.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stringer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015995:Prevalence; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States