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Infections > Latent Infection > Latent Tuberculosis

Preferred term

Latent Tuberculosis  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Infection, Latent Tuberculosis
  • Infections, Latent Tuberculosis
  • Latent Tuberculosis Infection
  • Latent Tuberculosis Infections
  • Tuberculosis Infection, Latent
  • Tuberculosis Infections, Latent

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2010

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D055985

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