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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is most readily transmitted through:Correct!  coughing   shaking hands and rubbing your eye   accidental direct inoculation   drinking mikl or milking of infected cows

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is most readily transmitted through:Correct!  coughing   shaking hands and rubbing your eye   accidental direct inoculation   drinking mikl or milking of infected cows

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is most readily transmitted through coughing. This is because the bacteria is carried in airborne particles, called droplet nuclei, that can be generated when persons with pulmonary or laryngeal TB disease cough, sneeze, shout, or sing. The particles can be inhaled by people nearby, potentially leading to infection. Other methods of transmission like shaking hands and rubbing your eye, accidental direct inoculation, or drinking milk from infected cows are less common.

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