David Truong

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Tuberculosis is, on many levels, a weird disease. Infections can lie dormant for decades, or for a lifetime. The illness has an unpredictable course—it may kill its victims within a few months, or over many years, or not at all. Treatment can appear effective only for the illness to come roaring back for reasons we still don’t fully understand.
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
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