Most people infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis contain the initial infection and
develop latent tuberculosis. This state is characterised by evidence of an immune response …

Since 1989, the USA has been pursuing the goal of tuberculosis elimination. After
substantial progress during the past two decades, the rate of tuberculosis cases in the USA …

Tuberculosis is a major cause of death around the world, with most of the 1.5 million deaths
per year attributable to the disease occurring in developing countries. This disease is …

IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED that one third of the people on the planet have been infected with
Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In the majority of cases nothing clinically overt seems to occur …

The global health community has set itself the task of eliminating tuberculosis (TB) as a
public health problem by 2050. Although progress has been made in global TB control, the …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis can persist within the human host for years without causing
disease, in a syndrome known as latent tuberculosis (TB). As one-third of the world …

Immunological tests provide evidence of latent tuberculosis in one third of the global
population, which corresponds to more than two billion individuals. Latent tuberculosis is …

Tuberculosis is recognized as the world's leading bacterial cause of death. Yet 95% of
infection is believed to exist in an asymptomatic 'latent'form that is defined not by the …

The aim of this review is to present the current state of knowledge on human latent
tuberculosis infection (LTBI) based on clinical studies and observations, as well as …

is an important piece of work confirming a long-held belief by health workers in the field;
however, death frequently comes only at the end of prolonged periods of suffering and …