"Latent Tuberculosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The dormant form of TUBERCULOSIS where the person shows no obvious symptoms and no sign of the causative agent (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) in the SPUTUM despite being positive for tuberculosis infection skin test.
| Descriptor ID |
D055985
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.040.552.846.122
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| Concept/Terms |
Latent Tuberculosis- Latent Tuberculosis
- Latent Tuberculoses
- Tuberculoses, Latent
- Tuberculosis, Latent
- Latent Tuberculosis Infection
- Infection, Latent Tuberculosis
- Infections, Latent Tuberculosis
- Latent Tuberculosis Infections
- Tuberculosis Infection, Latent
- Tuberculosis Infections, Latent
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Latent Tuberculosis" by people in Profiles.
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Pipit? L, Ricci ED, Maggi P, De Socio GV, Pellicano GF, Trizzino M, Rubino R, Lanzi A, Crupi L, Capriglione I, Squillace N, Nunnari G, Di Biagio A, Bonfanti P, Cascio A. Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in People Living with HIV: TUBHIVIT Project, a Multicenter Italian Study. Viruses. 2024 05 14; 16(5).
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Kumar GS, Pezzi C, Payton C, Mamo B, Urban K, Scott K, Montour J, Cabanting N, Aguirre J, Ford R, Hughes SE, Kawasaki B, Kennedy L, Jentes ES. Health of Asylees Compared to Refugees in the United States Using Domestic Medical Examination Data, 2014-2016: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 10 20; 73(8):1492-1499.
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Burel JG, Qian Y, Lindestam Arlehamn C, Weiskopf D, Zapardiel-Gonzalo J, Taplitz R, Gilman RH, Saito M, de Silva AD, Vijayanand P, Scheuermann RH, Sette A, Peters B. An Integrated Workflow To Assess Technical and Biological Variability of Cell Population Frequencies in Human Peripheral Blood by Flow Cytometry. J Immunol. 2017 02 15; 198(4):1748-1758.
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Caso F, Wouters CH, Rose CD, Costa L, Tognon S, Sfriso P, Cantarini L, Rigante D, Punzi L. Blau syndrome and latent tubercular infection: an unresolved partnership. Int J Rheum Dis. 2014 Jun; 17(5):586-7.
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Yehia BR, Blumberg EA. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2010 Oct; 16(10):1129-35.
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Murakami S, Takeno M, Kirino Y, Kobayashi M, Watanabe R, Kudo M, Ihata A, Ueda A, Ohno S, Watanuki Y, Kaneko T, Ishigatsubo Y. Screening of tuberculosis by interferon-gamma assay before biologic therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2009 Mar; 89(2):136-41.