The Association between Circulating microRNAs and the Risk of Active Disease Development from Latent Tuberculosis Infection: a Nested Case-Control Study
Henan Xin, Xuefang Cao, Ying Du, Jiaoxia Yan, Rui He, Zisen Liu, Haoran Zhang, Yijun He, et al. (19 authors)
Microbiology Spectrum · 2022-04
Abstract
Approximately a quarter of the world population are infected with M. tuberculosis and about 5% to 10% of these might develop active disease in their lifetime. Preventive treatment could effectively protect individuals at a high risk of developing active disease from LTBI, and is regarded as a critical component of End TB Strategies.
MeSH terms
- Tuberculosis
- Nested case-control study
- Association (psychology)
- Disease
- Latent tuberculosis
- Case-control study
- Active tuberculosis
- Medicine
- microRNA
- Immunology
- Biology