Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the cause of tuberculosis and is spread when people inhale droplets of an infected person's cough or sneeze.
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Tuberculosis or consumption was commonly known as The White Plague.
Despite mass fatalities from tuberculosis driving population numbers down in the 1800s, Colorado experienced economic and population growth due to people flocking there for treatment.
In 2015, 10.4 million people were infected with tuberculosis and 1.8 million people died, making it one of the most deadly diseases even today.