The spectrum of latent tuberculosis: rethinking the biology and intervention strategies.
The spectrum of latent tuberculosis: rethinking the biology and intervention strategies.
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10.1038/nrmicro2236
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2009-12
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Immunological tests provide evidence of latent tuberculosis in one third of the global population, more than two billion individuals. Latent tuberculosis is defined by the absence of clinical symptoms but carries a risk of subsequent progression to clinical disease, particularly in the context of co-infection with HIV. Here we discuss the biology of latent tuberculosis as part of a broad spectrum of responses that occur following infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, resulting in formation of a range of physiologically distinct granulomatous lesions that provide environments with differential ability to support or suppress persistence of viable bacteria. We go on to show how this model can be used to inform a rational programme to discover drugs that will be effective in the eradication of M. tuberculosis infection.
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