953 – Unmasking and Tracking Tuberculosis Risk During HIV Acquisition and Antiretroviral Therapy
Background The risk of progression from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection to active TB disease is estimated to be up to 20 times higher in people living with HIV (PLWH), with fatality rates of 16 – 35%. We have previously shown that blood transcriptional biomarkers can predict risk of TB progression in PLWH. We use transcriptional…