Research Article: Association of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the VDR Gene with Tuberculosis and Infection of Beijing Genotype Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Abstract:
Prior to the new coronavirus (COVID-) pandemic, tuberculosis was the leading cause of death from a single infectious disease. About . million new cases of tuberculosis, with an incidence rate of per ,, of which .% were co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and an estimated . million deaths from tuberculosis were reported globally in . Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, which is spread mainly from person to person through the respiratory pathway. At present, about a quarter of the world’s population is infected with M. tuberculosis. For these people, the lifetime risk of developing tuberculosis is about –%, which reflects the genetic differences in human susceptibility to active and latent tuberculosis.
Introduction:
Prior to the new coronavirus (COVID-) pandemic, tuberculosis was the leading cause of death from a single infectious disease. About . million new cases of tuberculosis, with an incidence rate of per ,, of which .% were co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and an estimated . million deaths from tuberculosis were reported globally in . Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, which is spread mainly from person to person through the respiratory…
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