TB is a chronic lung infection responsible for more deaths worldwide than any other infectious disease.

结核病是一种慢性的肺部感染，其位列于全球感染性疾病死因的第一位。

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One such microbe called Mycobacterium avium is similar to the bug that causes tuberculosis (TB) and causes lung infection.

与引发肺结核和肺部感染的病原体相似的一种病菌叫做鸟结核分枝杆菌。

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A lung charity said global efforts to fight TB are being undermined by the tobacco industry's "aggressive promotion" of smoking in some places.

一名肺部保护慈善机构的相关人员称，全球奋战肺结核的努力因烟草行业在一些地区实行的声势浩大的香烟促销活动而遭到了损害。

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Dr John Moore-Gillon, a lung specialist and British Lung Foundation spokesman estimated the UK needed 50 extra lung specialists and 200 specialist TB nurses, with half in London and the rest in other TB hotspots.

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Doctors found extensive lung damage and diagnosed drug-resistant TB.

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