What makes tuberculosis TB the worlds most infectious killer Melvin Sanicas

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Learn why tuberculosis, TB, is the world’s most infectious disease and how medical advancements are improving treatment. • -- • In 2008, two 9,000-year old skeletons were found with their bones infected by an all too familiar bacterium. The ancient Greeks knew its effects as phthisis; the Incans called it chaky oncay; and today we call it tuberculosis, or TB. TB is still one of the world’s most infectious killers, causing more deaths than malaria or even HIV. How has it persisted for so long? Melvin Sanicas investigates. • Lesson by Melvin Sanicas, directed by Augenblick Studios. • Sign up for our newsletter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdNewsletter • Support us on Patreon: http://bit.ly/TEDEdPatreon • Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/TEDEdFacebook • Find us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdTwitter • Peep us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/TEDEdInstagram • View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-makes... • Thank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you this video would not be possible! Christophe Dessalles, Janie Jackson, Dr Luca Carpinelli, Heather Slater, Yuh Saito, Quentin Le Menez, Mattia Veltri, Fabian Amels, Sandra Tersluisen, PnDAA, Hugo Legorreta, Zhexi Shan, Gustavo Mendoza, Bárbara Nazaré, Josh Engel, Natalia Rico, Andrea Feliz, Eysteinn Guðnason, Bernardo Paulo, Victor E Karhel, Sydney Evans, Latora Slydell, Oyuntsengel Tseyen-Oidov, Noel Situ, Elliot Poulin, emily lam, Juan, Jordan Tang, Kent Logan, Alexandra Panzer, Laura Cameron Keith, Jen, Ellen Spertus, Cailin Ramsey, Markus Goldhacker, Leora Allen, Andras Radnothy, Chris, Arpita Singh, Vijayalakshmi, Marc Bilodeau, Peng, Tzu-Hsiang, paul g mohney, Maya Toll, Sebastian Regez, Bruno Hannud, Andreas Voltios, Shubham Arora, Ugur Doga Sezgin and Akinola Emmanuel.

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