Health and Social Services
Tuberculosis
Learn more about TB and help us stop TB in its tracks!
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a germ spread through the air. When people with infectious TB cough or sneeze, germs are released into the air and anyone nearby is at risk of breathing the air-borne TB germs into their lungs. These TB germs usually attack the lungs.
They can also affect other parts of the body such as;
- the brain,
- reproductive organs,
- kidneys,
- bones, or
- joints.
Contact YCDC TB Nurses
If you require additional information about TB, please contact Yukon Communicable Disease and ask to be redirected to one of the Tb Nurses.
Phone: 667-8323 or 1-800-661-0408, extension 8323.
