80% of tuberculosis carriers do not have a persistent cough. More than 60% did not cough at all, but had suggestive signs such as fever, weight loss, chest pain or night sweats.
Finally, a quarter of those infected showed no symptoms. “ Our results probably explain why, despite enormous efforts to diagnose and treat the disease, its weight in Africa and Asia is hardly declining ” underlines Frank Cobelens, professor of public health at the UMC in Amsterdam… You have 79% left to discover.