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Which is a highly infectious bacterial disease of the lungs?

Lyme disease

streptococcus

meningitis

tuberculosis

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Answer:

tuberculosis

Step-by-step explanation:

The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes tuberculosis (TB), a contagious, airborne infection that destroys body tissue. Pulmonary TB occurs when M. tuberculosis primarily attacks the lungs. However, it can spread from there to other organs.

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