Final answer:
HIV patients are at the highest risk of developing active tuberculosis due to weakened immune systems.
Explanation:
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) patients are most at risk for developing active tuberculosis due to their weakened immune systems.
The risk of developing active TB disease is greatest in the first year after infection, but can manifest many years later.
Over one-third of the world's population has been exposed to the TB bacterium, with one in ten latent infections progressing to active TB disease.
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