Health workers share information about tuberculosis with residents of aslum neighborhoods in New Delhi. India has the greatest number of TB cases in the world. Prakash Singh/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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A quartz UV germicidal lamp is used to disinfect a train at the Sviblovo station of the Moscow Metro transit system. Sergei Karpukhin/Tass via Getty Images hide caption
Coronavirus Sparks New Interest In Using Ultraviolet Light To Disinfect Indoor Air
The three sickly beings in this 19th-century drawing represent diphtheria, scrofula (a form of tuberculosis) and cholera. The woman symbolizes the city of London. Getty Images hide caption
A nurse in India looks at x-ray results to see if the patient has tuberculosis. Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP hide caption
Patients in a tuberculosis center in South Africa. Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Indian tuberculosis patient Sonu Verma, 25, poses with his chest x-ray in Sonipat. The number of TB cases in India has been vastly underestimated, according to a new report from the World Health Organization. Money Sharma/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Jenny Tenorio Gallegos, 35, in Lima, Peru, is being treated for drug-resistant TB. The treatment lasts two years and may rob her of her hearing. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption
She's Got One Of The Toughest Diseases To Cure. And She's Hopeful
An X-ray of the chest of a man with tuberculosis. The areas infected with TB bacteria are colored red. Science Photo Library/Corbis hide caption
TB patients in India embroider curtains while they undergo treatment. India saw 1.2 million new cases of the infectious disease last year. Mukhtar Khan/AP hide caption