Basic Summary for Latent tuberculosis

Main name of condition: Latent tuberculosis
Other names or spellings: latent TB, latent TB infections, TB infection

What is Latent tuberculosis?
Brief description of Latent tuberculosis: Infection with the bacteria causing tuberculosis but without any disease or symptoms.
Parent types of Latent tuberculosis: Bacterial diseases, Latent infections, Carrier conditions

How many people get Latent tuberculosis?
  Prevalance of Latent tuberculosis: estimated 10 to 15 million people in USA (NIAID)
  Prevalance Rate of Latent tuberculosis: approx 1 in 27 or 3.68% or 10 million people in USA [about data]
  Undiagnosed prevalence of Latent tuberculosis: estimated 10 to 15 million people in USA (NIAID)
  Undiagnosed prevalence rate of Latent tuberculosis: approx 1 in 27 or 3.68% or 10 million people in USA [about data]
  Prevalance of Latent tuberculosis: In addition to those with active TB, however, an estimated 10 to 15 million people in the United States have latent TB infections and about 10 percent of these will develop active TB at some time in their lives.¹

How serious is Latent tuberculosis?
Complications of Latent tuberculosis: see complications of Latent tuberculosis

What causes Latent tuberculosis?
Class of Condition for Latent tuberculosis: bacterial

What are the symptoms of Latent tuberculosis?
Symptoms of Latent tuberculosis: see symptoms of Latent tuberculosis

How is it treated?
Treatments for Latent tuberculosis: see treatments for Latent tuberculosis

Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Tuberculosis, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID

Last revision: April 9, 2003

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