anyone can get tb but certain people are at higher risk including: people who live with individuals who have an active tb infection. poor or homeless people. foreign-born people from countries that have a high prevalence of tb. nursing home residents and prison inmates. alcoholics and intravenous drug users. people with diabetes certain cancers and hiv infection (the aids virus). health care workers. there is no strong evidence for a genetically determined (inherited) susceptibility for tb.
who gets tuberculosis?