Tuberculosis infection is the newer term for latent TB (TBI; newer term for latent tuberculosis)

Tuberculosis disease is the newer term for active TB (newer term for active tuberculosis)

Primary TB is a term that describes new TB infection or active disease in a previously naïve host

Treatment of TBI before the development of TB disease kills the organisms, thereby reducing the risk of developing TB disease (termed reactivation TB) by as much as 90 percent