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Slide 012 Epidemiologic Basis of Tuberculosis Control
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The higher the physical force, the larger the number of droplets that are produced.  Sneezing is certainly the most powerful force, but it plays a minor role in tuberculosis.  Among the other three major mechanisms, coughing produces by far the largest number of droplets.
   
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