Thursday, August 20, 2009

Can Latent Tuberculosis be spread through kissing and intercourse


Can Latent Tuberculosis be spread through kissing and intercourse?
Im pretty sure Tb infection cannot be spread from person to person until it is ACTIVE and becomes a disease but i just wanna be 100% sure.. help??
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You are correct. Latent TB (and 90% of people who have TB are latent) - cannot be transmitted. TB is transmitted through the air through tiny aerosol droplets, just like the flu



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