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Infectious Disease - ✅✅Illness caused by germs (bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi) entering the body,
multiplying, and causing infection
HIV - ✅✅Virus causing the disease AIDS
Candida albicans - ✅✅Fungi causing the disease Candidiasis
Giardia - ✅✅Parasite causing diarrhea
M. tuberculosis - ✅✅Bacteria causing the disease Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) - ✅✅Disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, usually attacking the
lungs
Pulmonary TB - ✅✅TB in the lungs
Extrapulmonary TB - ✅✅TB in places other than the lungs, such as the kidney, spine, or brain
Active TB - ✅✅Contagious TB characterized by the presence of signs or symptoms
Latent TB - ✅✅TB without symptoms or feeling sick
Global burden of TB - ✅✅TB's presence in all countries and age groups, with an estimated 10.6
million people falling ill in 2021