Infection Congress 2021: Tuberculosis risk is spread within the hallmarks of the disease - Zlatko Dembic - University of Oslo

Abstract

Statement of the Problem: Heritable susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) is complicated and polygenic in the nature. 5- 10% of humans that come in exposure with the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mt) will get the disease, provided no acquired- or congenital immunodeficiency were present. We still lack a viable explanation for the observed epidemiologic fact.