Killer diseases Broadcast January, 1 2016

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is as old as man. Robert Koch, in 1882, highlights the bacillus that will bear his name, but until the 20th century, only the improvement of living conditions and hygiene reduce the disease. Today, more than one million people still die of tuberculosis, mainly in Asia and Africa... An episode of the series "Killer diseases".

• Santé
• maladie infectieuse
• maladie infectieuse + histoire
• tuberculose
• tuberculose + histoire
• bacille de koch
• vaccin
• vaccination + histoire
• recherche medicale