The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised an alarming concern about a potential surge in tuberculosis (TB) cases ...

Latent tuberculosis isn’t contagious. The immune system fights the bacteria just enough to keep the disease dormant. But without treatment at this stage, it can develop into active tuberculosis ...

The relationship, if any, between persistors and latent organisms is ... laboratory practice. As most TB patients are in low- and middle-income countries, late-stage clinical trials must and ...

Not everyone infected with TB germs becomes sick as there are latent and active cases of the disease. The CDC estimates that 13 million people live with inactive TB in the United States and do not ...

Background: Diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is the most effective strategy to control tuberculosis (TB) among patients with HIV infection. The tuberculin skin test ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in ...

Latent tuberculosis infection-positivity is common among patients with systemic vasculitis and is associated with BD and smoking history.

BCG provides efficient protection against TB in newborns, but does not prevent the establishment of latent TB or reactivation ... with several vaccines in various stages of early clinical development.

area is currently experiencing a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak, with 2 deaths, 67 active cases, and 79 latent cases reported so far. This surge comes amid a broader rise in TB cases across the US and ...

Latent TB – In this stage, the bacteria remain dormant without showing any symptoms. However, it can become active if the immune system weakens, putting the person at risk. WHO has urged global ...