Jan. 18, 2024 — Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) kills upwards of 1.6 million people a year, making it one of the leading causes of death by an infectious ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of the respiratory disease tuberculosis, caused 1.6 million deaths in 2021. Tuberculosis, despite being preventable and curable, is responsible for ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Our African follower for over 70,000 years. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 / 09 / 130901154024.htm.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a pathogenic bacterium belonging to the family Mycobacteriaceae. Like SARS-CoV-2, the causative pathogen of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), ...