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Crossword

Click on a number in the GRID (not in the Clues) to see the clue/s for that number. The clue appears at top left, above the grid. Type your answer into the empty BOX. Click on "Enter" to place your word into the grid. If you are stuck, you can click on "Hint" to get a free letter/s. Click on "Check," below the grid, to check your answer/s.
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Across:

2. The occasional cough or ___ doesn't transmit TB.
3. People catch it from others, ___ as friends or coworkers.
4. Most forms of TB ___be treated with antibiotics.
7. The antibiotics must be taken for weeks, ___.
11. They risk catching a stronger version in the ___.
13. Most victims are young or ___.
14. Many people think TB is ___, like bubonic plague.
16. The occasional sneeze from a stranger ___n't transmit TB.
18. They risk catching a stronger ___ of TB.
19. The cough from a ___ stranger doesn't transmit TB.
21. ...for weeks, however, before the ___ recovers.
23. Caused by ___, most forms of TB can be treated.
25. One is ___ it can be cured.
26. TB usually attacks the ___s.
27. Symptoms include fatigue, ___ing, and spitting up blood.
29. People catch it from others they are with ___.
30. TB ___ not spread by shaking hands.
31. If so, a ___ will prescribe antibiotics.
33. ___ doctor's orders, victims stop taking their antibiotics.
35. TB ___ly attacks the lungs.
37. Many people think TB is rare, like ___.
38. It becomes ___ when a person's immune system weakens.
41. There are some "good" things about ___ (TB).
44. People think TB is rare, like bubonic ___ or smallpox.
45. The ___ cough or sneeze doesn't transmit TB.
47. Many people ___ TB is rare.
48. Symptoms include loss of ___ and spitting up blood.
49. TB occurs worldwide, killing almost 2 ___ people a year!
50. It becomes active when a person's immune system ___s.
52. A person's immune system weakens because of ___.
53. People catch it from ___s they are with constantly.
54. The occasional cough or sneeze doesn't ___ TB.

Down:

1. More than a billion people ___ inactive TB.
2. TB is not spread by ___ dishes or ___ clothing.
5. There ___ some "good" things about the disease.
6. It can be ___d.
8. Yet TB still occurs world___.
9. ...for weeks, however, before the victim completely ___s.
10. Symptoms ___. But common symptoms include fatigue.
12. They ___ catching a stronger version of TB in the future.
15. A chest ___-___ will determine if active TB exists.
17. But common ___s include chest pain and spitting up blood.
20. A simple skin test ___ determine if active TB exists.
22. If so, a doctor will ___ antibiotics.
23. Most forms of TB can ___ treated with antibiotics.
24. Yet even in developed ___, TB is a killer.
25. Some victims stop taking ___ antibiotics as soon as....
28. The ___ must be taken for weeks, however.
31. There are "good" things about the ___ of tuberculosis (TB).
32. Another is that TB is not ___ by shaking hands.
34. A simple ___ test, followed if necessary by a chest x-ray....
36. Symptoms include ___, lots of coughing, loss of appetite....
39. More than a ___ people have inactive TB.
40. Some victims stop taking their antibiotics as ___ as....
42. The occasional cough or sneeze from a nearby ___....
43. ...their antibiotics as soon as they start feeling ___.
46. It becomes active when a person's ___ system weakens.
51. TB is a ___er. In the U.S., TB ___ed 650 people in 2005.