Latent tuberculosis infection in family members in household contact with active tuberculosis patients in Semarang City, Central Java, Indonesia

• Main Authors: Karbito Karbito (Author), Hardhono Susanto (Author), Mateus S. Adi (Author), Sulistiyani Sulistiyani (Author), Oktia W.K. Handayani (Author), Muchlis A.U. Sofro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A quarter of the world's population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb), 10% of cases develop active tuberculosis (TB), and 90% have a latent TB infection. Family members of TB patients have the highest potential for latent TB infection. This study aims to identify latent TB infe...