Yes. Tuberculosis is contagious disease.
THE transmission of tuberculosis occurs from person to person by respiratory tract.
When a person with active tuberculosis sneezes or coughs, she spreads the bacteria of tuberculosis in the air droplets. These contaminated droplets they can infect the other person.
Not all people who come in contact with the tuberculosis bacillus will develop the disease. That depend on immune defenses and the presence of other diseases associated.
THE tuberculosis is a disease caused by bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis also known as Koch's bacillus.
Tuberculosis is a highly contagious disease that can cause prolonged cough, fever, night sweats and weight loss.
After initiation of treatment, the person with tuberculosis drastically reduces the amount of expelled bacilli. For this reason, the adequate diagnosis and early treatment so that the likelihood of contagion for other people will decrease and the sick person will heal soon.
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