EXERCISES, LESSON 6
INSTRUCTIONS. Answer these exercises by writing the answer in the space provided.
After you have answered all the exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at the end of
the lesson and check your answers.
1.
Tuberculosis, a chronic disease, is caused by _________________________.
2.
List three reasons for the decline in the number of tuberculosis cases.
a. ____________________________________________.
b. ____________________________________________.
c.
____________________________________________.
3.
List four signs/symptoms of tuberculosis.
a. ____________________________________________.
b. ____________________________________________.
c.
____________________________________________.
d. ____________________________________________.
4.
Two methods of diagnosis for tuberculosis are _____________________ and
tuberculin skin testing.
5.
List two methods of transmission of tuberculosis.
a. ____________________________________________.
b. ____________________________________________.
6.
The __________________ test and the _________________________ test
are two types of skin tests which can be used to diagnose tuberculosis.
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