The recent news report (17 Dec) of a case of active tuberculosis (TB) found earlier this month at a PAP Community Foundation (PCF) Sparkletots preschool in Bukit Batok took some members of the public, who were under the impression that the disease has long been eradicated in Singapore, by surprise.
Associate Professor Hsu Li Yang, Infectious Diseases Programme Leader, gives us the lowdown on tuberculosis, how it is transmitted, symptoms, the difference between active and latent TB, and why it remains endemic, or regularly found and common in Singapore.
Read on to find out more about tuberculosis: