Nordic researchers: A quarter of the world's population at risk of developing tuberculosis

A new study from Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University, Denmark, has shown that probably 1 in 4 people in the world carry the tuberculosis bacterium in the body. The disease tuberculosis is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which affects more than 10 million people every year, and kills up to 2 million, making it the most deadly of the infectious diseases.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/nordic-researchers-a-quarter-of-the-worlds-population-at-risk-of-developing-tuberculosis