How "Subclinical" is Subclinical Tuberculosis? An Analysis of National Prevalence Survey Data from Zambia.

Logan StuckAimee Claire van HaasterPascalina Kapata-ChandaEveline KlinkenbergNathan KapataFrank Cobelens

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)

The commonly used definition of subclinical tuberculosis includes a large proportion of individuals who have other tuberculosis-suggestive symptoms. Requiring cough ≥2 weeks for tuberculosis diagnosis likely misses many active tuberculosis infections and allows a large reservoir of likely transmissible tuberculosis to remain undetected.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
pulmonary tuberculosis
adverse drug
machine learning
electronic health record
depressive symptoms
physical activity
sleep quality
drug induced
data analysis