Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria

Epidemiology of the disease

Tuberculosis epidemiology is the field that is concerned with the study of health and disease within populations and the various underlying factors that lead to these conditions, with a goal of preventing the spread of such future incidents of Tuberculosis epidemiology also involves the investigation of different patterns of disease within a population, in relation to which people are affected, the spatial distribution of affected people, and the temporal distribution of affected people (i.e. patterns of disease through time). It is thus considered the cornerstone of public health, productive medicine, and preventive medicine.