Host Risk Factors for Tuberculosis.
Infect Disord Drug Targets
; 2024 Sep 03.
Article
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| ID: mdl-39229984
ABSTRACT
Tuberculosis (TB) spreads through droplets that contain Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and can infect susceptible people. Due to different risk factors, people have different susceptibility ranges towards TB. The risk factors are classified into three main groups, includ-ing bacterial, environmental, and host factors. Literature review reveals that the most important host risk factors are aging, male gender, genetics, epigenetics, having an impaired immune system, diabetes, malignancy, malnutrition, anemia, and pregnancy. The risk factors contribute to the increase in TB cases through inflammation, increased contact with TB patients, disrup-tion of immune genes, changes in gene expression, increased activity of Mtb, damage to cellu-lar immunity, reactivation of Latent TB Infection (LTBI), increased susceptibility to TB, com-promised immunity, and changes in the proportion of T cell subgroups, respectively. Therefore, identification of the infection source and high-risk people and timely treatment of the patients can reduce TB mortality and help control the disease.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Langue:
En
Journal:
Infect Disord Drug Targets
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Infectious disorders. Drug targets (Online)
Sujet du journal:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
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TERAPIA POR MEDICAMENTOS
Année:
2024
Type de document:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Iran
Pays de publication:
Émirats arabes unis