Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that has both an active phase and a latent phase. In the active phase, TB affects the lungs. In the latent phase, TB spreads to other organs in the body. TB can be treated with antibiotics; however, the course of treatment is long. Some strains of TB are resistant to many antibiotics, making them very difficult to cure.

Question

Which sentence in this paragraph is incorrect?

Responses

Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that has both an active phase and a latent phase.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that has both an active phase and a latent phase.

In the active phase, TB affects your lungs; in the latent phase, TB spreads to other organs in the body.
In the active phase, TB affects your lungs; in the latent phase, TB spreads to other organs in the body.

TB can be treated with antibiotics; however, the course of treatment is long.
TB can be treated with antibiotics; however, the course of treatment is long.

Some strains of TB are resistant to many antibiotics, making them very difficult to cure.

Answer 1

The incorrect sentence in the paragraph is:

"In the active phase, TB affects your lungs; in the latent phase, TB spreads to other organs in the body."

The correct information is that in the active phase, TB primarily affects the lungs, but in the latent phase, the infection is not actively spreading or causing symptoms; it is contained in the body and can remain dormant. It does not actively spread to other organs in this phase unless it progresses to an active state later.