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Item Prevalencia de infección tuberculosa latente en estudiantes de enfermería en una Universidad de Santiago de Cali en periodo de 2024A(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2024) Camacho Betin, Jhoan Sebastián; Lozano Martínez, María Alejandra; Serna Giraldo, Anyela Yulieth; Gallego, Jenny PatriciaIntroduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a re-emerging infectious disease and a public health challenge for humanity. Although it is mainly a community infection, it can also be transmitted in hospital settings, affecting the staff and students of the health area in charge of the assistance and care of patients. In this context, nursing students represent an interest group, as they are gradually exposed from the first years of their training to the end of their career. Objective: To determine the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in nursing students and to analyze the variables related to this infection. Material and methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study. The population sample was 215 students from a university in Santiago de Cali in the 2024A educational period. Applying a questionnaire designed in Google Forms with open and closed questions, characterizing different variables that will contribute to the analysis of the ILTB in the students. Results: The prevalence was 6% (n=13), determined by positive results in the PPD test. Among the predisposing factors, the place of residence stands out, being the city Santiago de Cali, which is identified as an endemic area of the disease. Conclusions: Nursing students represent a population at risk of developing latent tuberculosis infection due to predisposing factors associated with professional training. It is expected that the results of this study will allow us to understand the behavior of the infection and its relationship with the variables associated with a positive PPD result in this population, which could have important implications for health promotion in future nurses