Title: Cytomegalovirus and tuberculosis disease in children
Abstract: The risk of progressing from Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection to tuberculosis disease depends on the age at the time since infection. There is a complex relationship between tuberculosis and other infectious diseases; infections potentially alter the balance between immune responses that contain tuberculosis and those that allow disease progression. Understanding these associations provides potential insights into tuberculosis pathogenesis, can be used to assess progression risk in people with tuberculosis infection, and provides opportunities to prevent tuberculosis disease.