TUBERCULOSIS. ETIOLOGY, SOURCES, ROUTES AND FACTORS OF TRANSMISSION OF INFECTION

Authors

  • Khodjayeva Gulnora Abdubannonovna Fergana Medical Institute Public Health Assistant of the Department of Propedeutics of internal diseases Author

Keywords:

The causative agent of tuberculosis belongs to a large group of fungi, the genus of mycobacteria, the family of actinomycetes (radiant fungi; astis - ray). Among the many mycobacteria known in nature, three groups are distinguished:

Abstract

The causative agent of tuberculosis and its properties. The causative agent of
tuberculosis, discovered in 1882 by the German scientist Robert Koch, is usually called in
his honor Koch's bacterium (KB) or mycobacterium tuberculosis (MBT) (mykes - fungus).

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Published

2024-12-01

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Vol. 3 No. 25 (2024): SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS AND TRENDS IN THE FIELD OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

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