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TUBERCULOSIS FACTS 9.6 million people fell ill with TB in 2014 . In 2014, 1.5 million people died from TB, including 0.4 million among people who were HIV -positive. One in three people in the world is infected with latent TB. People infected with TB bacteria have a 10% lifetime risk of falling ill with TB. However, pe rsons
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