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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).

View transcript of Understanding Tuberculosis 

What would you like to do?

Top tasks

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

What you need to know

Tuberculosis information for the public  Tuberculosis information for health care and public health professionals  Tuberculosis data and statistics  Tuberculosis advisories and alerts  Tuberculosis educational resources and materials  Massachusetts TB Outpatient Services  Treatment Regimens for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Massachusetts  Policy for distribution of DPH-purchased PPD  Booster or Recall Effect and Two-Stage Tuberculin Skin Testing 
World Health Organization  Centers for Disease Control, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination  Rutgers Global TB Institute  Stop TB USA 

Contact Information

Address

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

Phone

(617) 983-6970

during business hours

617-983-6800

after business hours

Fax

617-887-8791

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