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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that most often affect the lungs. TB can be cured. TB can be prevented.

Here you can find information about TB disease (the condition when a person is sick with TB) and about latent TB infection (the condition when a person has TB germs in their body but is not sick at this time).

What would you like to do?

Top tasks

Report a case of tuberculosis (TB) or latent TB infection 

What you need to know

Tuberculosis information for the public 
Tuberculosis information for health care and public health professionals 
Tuberculosis data and statistics 

Contact Information

Address

Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences
305 South St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
directions 

Phone

(617) 983-6800

Fax

(617) 983-6990

Related Services

Additional Resources

World Health Organization
Centers for Disease Control, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
Rutgers Global TB Institute
Stop TB USA
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