TB vs consumption
Same disease, different centuries of English.
Latent versus active is the local distinction CDC leaflets repeat. This atlas will not teach you to culture anything.
Global English still needs the word because TB remains a leading infectious killer. That is epidemiology, not nostalgia.
Local notes
Latent
Infection without active disease — a public-health category, not a vibe.
BCG
English-speaking countries differ on childhood BCG. Official calendars own that choice.
Official pages own schedules and treatment. This atlas does not.
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Influenza
A winter respiratory virus of drift and rare shift — surveillance and vaccines, not a cartoon villain.
Familiarity 93Escherichia coli
Usually a gut resident; a minority of STEC pathotypes drive foodborne headlines.
Familiarity 82Staphylococcus aureus
A common skin neighbor and a resistance story called MRSA — not scare porn.
Familiarity 78Norovirus
A very-low-dose gut virus of schools and ships — soap and bleach surfaces, not alcohol-gel faith.
Familiarity 80Helicobacter pylori
A gastric spiral that rewrote the ulcer textbook — Nobel 2005, Korea's high historic prevalence, no recipes.
Familiarity 68