Latent Tuberculosis Infection

What is latent tuberculosis infection? How does it affect patients? How should we treat it? These questions are addressed by Associate Professor Justin Denholm and Dr James Trauer in this podcast.Associate Professor Justin Denholm is the Medical Director of the Victorian Tuberculosis Program. Justin is an infectious diseases physician and ethicist, and is actively involved in clinical and public health tuberculosis research and supervision. Dr James Trauer is a practising respiratory, sleep, general and public health physician with a primary interest in tuberculosis. He is the head of the Epidemiological Modelling Unit for the School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine at Monash University.