What Is Tuberculosis?
3. Latent TB v Active TB
Tuberculosis can be broken down into two main categories. Those are latent TB and active TB. Latent TB means that although the patient is infected with the bacterium, the immune system is preventing it from doing them any harm. In this state, not only does the patient not experience symptoms, but they are also not contagious.
Latent TB can develop into active TB, however. This might occur just weeks after the initial infection took place, or it might be years. Active TB means that the patient is showing symptoms, and that they can pass the disease on to other people.
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