The Effect of Medical Advances on Insurance ... - Actuary.com
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TB Infecti<strong>on</strong> Cycle<br />
• Exposure to symptomatic infected pers<strong>on</strong><br />
• Infecti<strong>on</strong> (silent) –> > positive PPD skin test<br />
- usually not infectious<br />
- treatment goal - prevent disease<br />
• Symptomatic Disease -> > cough, weight loss,<br />
fever, etc. – infectious stage<br />
- treatment goal: cure disease<br />
- lack <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> treatment: illness, c<strong>on</strong>tagi<strong>on</strong>, death<br />
- inadequate treatment: illness, resistant<br />
TB forms arise, c<strong>on</strong>tagi<strong>on</strong>, death