Endophytes are abundant in plants and studies are continuously emanating on their ability
to protect plants from pathogens that cause diseases especially in the field of agriculture …

The syndemics model of health focuses on the biosocial complex, which consists of
interacting, co-present, or sequential diseases and the social and environmental factors that …

CD4+ T cells are critical to fighting pathogens, but a comprehensive analysis of human T-
cell specificities is hindered by the diversity of HLA alleles (> 20,000) and the complexity of …

Background The existing estimate of the global burden of latent TB infection (LTBI) as “one-
third” of the world population is nearly 20 y old. Given the importance of controlling LTBI as …

Throughout history, pandemics of viral infections such as HIV, Ebola and Influenza have
disrupted health care systems, including the prevention and control of endemic diseases …

Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), results
in a range of clinical presentations in humans. Most infections manifest as a clinically …

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The current dogma is that 2 billion individuals, making up a quarter of the world's population,
are latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (1–4). It is thought that latent …

There are 9 million cases of active tuberculosis reported annually; however, an estimated
one-third of the world's population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and remains …

The risk of progression from exposure to the tuberculosis bacilli to the development of active
disease is a two‐stage process governed by both exogenous and endogenous risk factors …