Una introducción a la tuberculosis: la peste del siglo XXI / Tuberculosis: the plague of the 21st century
Acta méd. peru
; 25(3): 161-162, jul.-sept. 2008.
Article
in Spanish
| LILACS, LIPECS
| ID: lil-515258
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PE1.1
RESUMEN
La tuberculosis, tambien conocida en una época como plaga blanca. Es una enfermedad contagiosa que se propaga por el aire. La fuente de infección son otras personas aquejadas de tuberculosis pulmonar. Cuando una persona infecciosa tose, estornuda, habla o escupe, expulsa al aire bacilos de la tuberculosis. Basta inhalar un pequeño úmero de esos gérmenes para resultar infectado.
ABSTRACT
Tuberculosis, also known as the white plague, is a transmissible disease that is disseminated through airborne droplets. Person as affected by pulmonary tuberculosis are the source of infection. When a sick patient coughs, sneezes, speaks or spits, he/she sheds tuberculous bacilli to the environmental air. Inhaling a small number of such microorganisms is enough to catch the infection.
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Collection:
National databases
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Peru
Health context:
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Neglected Diseases
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Tuberculosis
Database:
LILACS
/
LIPECS
Main subject:
Tuberculosis
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Acta méd. peru
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia/PE