>>14237276TB is actually a really interesting disease. Around 90% of the population of tropical developing countries have latent tuberculosis.
It is only develops to disease once you have a weakened immune system like during malnutrition, chemo or AIDS.
That's why TB isn't a big issue in developed countries, unless it's an Aids patient, but nowadays most hiv positive people in developed countries don't develop Aids.
TB is highly understudied though, it's ridiculous that the best treatment is highly hepatotoxic cocktail of antibiotics that you have to take during at least 6 months.
