Which Statement About Tuberculosis (TB) Is False

question 60

Multiple Choice

Which statement about tuberculosis (TB) is false?

• A) Recent advances in medicine and vaccines have cut the worldwide death rate from TB to less than 10,000 per year.
• B) It is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
• C) It is one of two diseases that have killed more people than any other in human history.
• D) It is a lung disease.

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