Global Health: ‘latent’ Tuberculosis? It’s Not That Common, Experts Find

DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., NY Times: Science
Thu, 09/20/2018 - 10:58am

Active infections kill 4,000 people a day worldwide, more than AIDS does. But the notion that a quarter of the global population harbors silent tuberculosis is “a fundamental misunderstanding.”

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Global Health: ‘latent’ Tuberculosis? It’s Not That Common, Experts Find

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