tuberculosis
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When Kafka died of tuberculosis in 1924 at age 40, he was virtually unknown; by the late 1930s he was an international phenomenon, his surname a signifier of bureaucratic inhumanity and modern unease.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
He died of tuberculosis in 1848 at 31.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Its scientists have previously studied the spread of bovine tuberculosis as well as viruses carried by bats and the factors influencing their spillover into people.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Ancient DNA also revealed tuberculosis at the site, belonging to a lineage known from pre-contact South America.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
Pulmonary tuberculosis had similar episodes in its history.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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