Is Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection life long?

People with immunoreactivity to tuberculosis are thought to have lifelong asymptomatic infection and remain at risk for active tuberculosis. Marcel A Behr and colleagues argue that most of these people are no longer infected

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Published in:	BMJ (Online) Vol. 367; p. l5770
Main Authors:	Behr, Marcel A, Edelstein, Paul H, Ramakrishnan, Lalita
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 24-10-2019 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
Subjects:	AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - immunology AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - microbiology Analysis Antigens, Bacterial - immunology Arthritis Asymptomatic infection Bacteria Humans Immunocompromised Host Immunology Immunoreactivity Immunosuppression - adverse effects Infections Infectious diseases Latent Tuberculosis - diagnosis Latent Tuberculosis - immunology Latent Tuberculosis - microbiology Mycobacterium tuberculosis - immunology Mycobacterium tuberculosis - physiology Stem cells Tissue Transplantation - adverse effects Transplants & implants Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - immunology Tuberculosis - microbiology Tumor necrosis factor-TNF Virus Activation - immunology United States > US
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Summary:	People with immunoreactivity to tuberculosis are thought to have lifelong asymptomatic infection and remain at risk for active tuberculosis. Marcel A Behr and colleagues argue that most of these people are no longer infected
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ISSN:	0959-8138 1756-1833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.l5770