Hippocrates wrote that it was the most widespread disease of his time, and called it phthisis. Edvard Munch's sister, the subject of The Sick Child, died of it. The bacteria that causes it multiplies 
Hippocrates wrote that it was the most widespread disease of his time, and called it phthisis. Edvard Munch's sister, the subject of The Sick Child, died of it. The bacteria that causes it multiplies only about once a day, so infection is easily prevented by those with normal immune systems. Inmates of Georgian prisons are known to swap sputum to be tested positive for this disease and transferred to (*) quarantine prisons with better facilities. In March 2007, Andrew Speaker became the first individual to receive a CDC isolation order since 1963 when he entered the United States while infected with the multi-drug-resistant type of this disease. FTP, name this disease caused by mycobacteria, also known as TB.
Hippocrates wrote that it was the most widespread disease of his time, and called it phthisis.
{tuberculosis} (accept {TB} before the end of the {question})