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latent tuberculosis
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latent tuberculosis
Infectious disease Infection with M tuberculosis that has been contained by the host's immune system and thus does not infect others Diagnosis Tuberculin skin test; release of IFN-γ in blood after PPD stimulation. See Tuberculosis.


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In this study, we showed that a differentiation between active pulmonary tuberculosis and LTBI is possible by the ELISpot test," said principal investigator of the Tuberculosis Network European Trialsgroup (TBNET), Dr.
In immunocompetent subjects with LTBI the risk of developing the active disease is 10% in the course of a lifetime, usually occurring in the first 2-5 years following exposure/infection.
 
 
 
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