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Though it tends to be thought of as a quintessentially Victorian disease, all dusty garrets and penniless writers, tuberculosis (TB) has remained a threat through to our own time. A full 25% of the world's population has latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), and 5-10% of these cases will become active, endangering millions of lives. In developed nations, where active TB is more or less eradicated, doctors focus on hunting down cases of LTBI. Though it tends to be thought of as a quintessentially Victorian disease, all dusty garrets and penniless writers, tuberculosis (TB) has remained a threat through to our own time. A full 25% of the world's population has latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), and 5-10% of these cases will become active, endangering millions of lives. In developed nations, where active TB is more or less eradicated, doctors focus on hunting down cases of LTBI.