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The high prevalence of this disease in Navajo populations was studied by Walsh McDermott, (-5[1])who pioneered a drug for it activated by KatG. An ELISpot-based assay for this disease involves adding the antigens CFP-10 and ESAT-6 to a blood sample. A regime that includes rifampin (10[1])and isoniazid is the first-line treatment for the disease, which can be tested for by measuring the size of a wheal after injecting purified protein derivative into the skin. This disease (10[1])can be detected (10[1])with QuantiFERON (10[1])and other interferon-gamma release assays. The BCG vaccine (10[1])is most (10[1])commonly used for this disease, (10[1])but may produce false positives (10[1])in Mantoux tests used to diagnose it. For 10 points, a species of Mycobacterium causes a bloody cough in what infectious lung disease historically (10[1])called consumption? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: tuberculosis [or TB; accept Mycobacterium tuberculosis or M. tuberculosis; accept consumption until read; prompt on white death]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
John ChaTufts ABrandeises Brew13-5
RohanHarvard AMIT4410
Yixi YangYale AYale C7510
Will ZhangTufts BBrown A7810
PeterYale BAmherst A8010
Richard LimBowdoin AA Brandeis Supreme8810
Derek FinoClark ADiamond Brandeis9010
Rajat SethiNortheastern ACarabrandeis9510
Marc GrecoWilliams ABoston University A10010
William BarashBrandeises BrewTufts A12410
Nate KodamaBowdoin BBU B12710