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Nature Reviews Microbiology 7, 837 (1 December 2009) | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2274

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The WHO estimates that a third of the world's population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, even if they do not show signs of clinical disease. However, the classification of tuberculosis (TB) as either latent or active has limited our understanding of its biology.