Stephanopoulos joins Roberts, who's been a co-anchor of ABC's Good Morning America since 2005. When not traveling around the country or the world covering breaking news events, Roberts is at GMA's studio in Times Square conducting interviews with a diverse group of newsmakers.
Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB (short for tubercle bacillus), in the past also called phthisis, phthisis pulmonalis, or consumption, is a widespread, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
The BCG vaccine and the TB skin test. People who have had the BCG vaccine will often then have a positive result to a TB skin test which makes it more difficult to establish whether someone has latent TB. The skin test will often be given before BCG vaccination.