Incidences of tuberculosis, syphilis and measles

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by mycobacteria belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. The most common form of tuberculosis is pulmonary tuberculosis, but tuberculous lesions can occur in any organ of the body (extrapulmonary tuberculosis).

Syphilis is a bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum (pale spirochaette). Syphilis has several stages - primary syphilis (first stage), secondary syphilis and latent syphilis. There is also congenital syphilis, when an infected mother transmits syphilis to her baby in utero or during childbirth.

Measles is an acute viral infectious disease.The only source of infection is a sick person. The infection is spread mainly by droplets and by direct contact with the secretion of the nasopharyngeal cavity. Very rarely, the infection occurs indirectly through objects freshly contaminated by nasopharyngeal secretions. Oder viruses enter the body through the mouth or nose and through the conjunctiva. After multiplication in mucous membranes, they reach various organs, i.e: skin, kidneys, stomach, intestines and liver.