Abstract
Integrating BCC with existing ICT System for TB: Nudge Early Detection and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis in India- A Short Communication
Highlights
To eliminate tuberculosis, One of the main subjects to be focused at present is Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) because it causes persistence of immunological response in humans to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen without manifesting any clinical sign and symptoms of active tuberculosis
Lots of effects have been taken to eliminate tuberculosis through many strategies, program which includes early detection and treatment of active tuberculosis infection which is the major intervention pertaining to the elimination of tuberculosis, but still one of the main subjects to be focused in this regard because Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) is due to persistence of immunological response in humans to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen without manifesting any clinical sign and symptoms of active tuberculosis.[1]
If LTBI is not diagnosed and treated, it has been estimated that one in ten people with LTBI will get sick with tuberculosis infection and the risk is much higher among HIV infected person and in young children, as it has been reported that if LTBI are untreated in children’s it will cause 40% active tuberculosis infection in children under 1 year of age, 24% in children between the age group of 1–10 years and 16% in those belong to 11-15 years.[2,3,4]
Summary
One of the main subjects to be focused at present is Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) because it causes persistence of immunological response in humans to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen without manifesting any clinical sign and symptoms of active tuberculosis.
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