active tuberculosis
MONDO:0100481Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names active tuberculosis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Tuberculosis caused by primary infection of or reactivation of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Active tuberculosis characterized by clinical manifestation and active symptoms compatible with tuberculosis, and is distinct from latent tuberculosis infection that occurs without signs or symptoms of active disease.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0100481), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: active tuberculosis
- Also called
- active TB