Prevalence of Tuberculosis in District Khar Bajaur Agency, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

Sulaiman Shams, Abdur-Rahman,

Abstract

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) are a slow-growing facultative intracellular parasite. TB is one of the most common infectious diseases of developing countries including Pakistan. TB is commonly diagnosed by microscopic examination of spontaneously expectorated sputum.