Subclinical TB: Fascinating SA research helps push fron...
As many as 80% of adults in the Western Cape might at some point have been infected with the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium. While estimates are uncertain, rates are believed to be high in the rest of the country as well, with likely millions of people having been infected with TB. Most people’s bodies, however, manage to suppress the infection and they do not actually fall ill. People who have been infected but who do not fall ill are traditionally classified as having latent TB infection. Only between three and 10% of those infected with latent TB will fall ill with TB over a lifetime, accor...
Source: dailymaverick.co.za