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16/3/2010 Here are some websites about robots that have to do with our book. Hi Cruises Here is what Spinal tuberculosis means

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=Hi Cruises Here is what Spinal tuberculosis means= =Tuberculosis or TB (short for tubercles [|bacillus]) is a common and often deadly [|infectious disease] caused by various strains of [|mycobacteria], usually [|Mycobacterium tuberculosis] in humans. **[1]**  Tuberculosis usually attacks the [|lungs] but can also affect other parts of the body. It is spread through the air, when people who have the disease cough, sneeze, or spit. **[2]**  Most infections in humans result in an [|asymptomatic], latent infection, and about one in ten latent infections eventually progresses to active disease, which, if left untreated, kills more than 50% of its victims.= =The classic symptoms are a [|chronic cough] with [|blood-tinged] [|sputum], [|fever], [|night sweats], and [|weight loss]. Infection of other organs causes a wide range of symptoms. [|Diagnosis] relies on [|radiology] (commonly [|chest X-rays]), a [|tuberculin skin test], blood tests, as well as microscopic examination and [|microbiological culture] of bodily fluids. [|Treatment] is difficult and requires long courses of multiple antibiotics. Contacts are also screened and treated if necessary. [|Antibiotic resistance] is a growing problem in ([|extensively]) [|multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis]. Prevention relies on screening programs and [|vaccination], usually with [|Bacillus Calmette-Guérin] vaccine.= =A third of the world's population are thought to be infected with M. tuberculosis, **[3]**  and new infections occur at a rate of about one per second. **[4]**   The proportion of people who become sick with tuberculosis each year is stable or falling worldwide but, because of population growth, the absolute number of new cases is still increasing. **[4]**   In 2007 there were an estimated 13.7 million chronic active cases, 9.3 million new cases, and 1.8 million deaths, mostly in [|developing countries]. **[5]**   In addition, more people in the [|developed world] are contracting tuberculosis because their [|immune systems] are compromised by [|immunosuppressive drugs], [|substance abuse], or [|AIDS]. The distribution of tuberculosis is not uniform across the globe; about 80% of the population in many Asian and African Countries test positive in tuberculin tests, while only 5-10% of the population tests positive.= =By Emma James=