Is Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection life long?
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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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AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections, Antigens, Bacterial, Humans, Immunocompromised Host, Immunosuppression Therapy, Latent Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Tissue Transplantation, Tuberculosis, Virus Activation
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BMJ
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0959-8146
1756-1833
1756-1833
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367
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BMJ
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Wellcome Trust (103950/Z/14/Z)
National Institutes of Health (NIH) (7R37A1054503-13)
National Institutes of Health (NIH) (7R37A1054503-13)