Tuberculosis Prevention and Control

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) about TB

Tuberculosis FACT SHEETS

• Active infectious TB disease
• Active TB disease outside the lungs
• Active TB disease
• BCG
• Contact tracing
• Diagnosing active TB disease
• Diagnosing latent TB infection
• Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
• Latent TB infection progressing to TB disease
• Latent TB infection
• Taking TB drugs for active TB disease
• TB and HIV infection
• TB and tobacco smoking
• TB transmission
• Treatment of active TB disease
• Treatment of latent TB infection
• What is TB?
• Who is at risk for TB in Canada?

It's Your Health - Tuberculosis Health Canada

Multilingual information about TB

• British Columbia Minister of Health Services
• The Canadian Lung Association

Bovine Tuberculosis. Animal Health and Production Division, Animal Products, Canadian Food Inspection Agency. May 2000.

Bovine Tuberculosis In Wild Animals. Animal Health and Production Division, Animal Products, Canadian Food Inspection Agency. March 2002.