The phrase "acquire latent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is discussing the process of obtaining or developing hidden or dormant qualities, skills, or information.
Example: "Through rigorous training, the team was able to acquire latent abilities that significantly improved their performance."
Alternatives: "develop hidden" or "uncover dormant".
Certain tribes appeared to be less vulnerable to acquiring latent TB infection; these included the "Chagga" and the "Sambaa".
We do not favor a policy of screening for latent TB infection because of the high probability of false-positive tuberculin skin test results in persons vaccinated with Mycobacterium bovis BCG and the unfavorable risk-benefit ratio of preventive therapy for persons from countries with high TB incidences, who may be more likely to have acquired latent TB in the past than recently (14 ).
Although the symptoms of infection are largely subclinical in immune-competent individuals, acquired or latent infection in the context of immune compromise leads to focal intracerebral lesions caused by unchecked parasite re-activation and replication.
Influenza transmission is modeled according to the classic SLIR scheme: (S) susceptible, individuals who can acquire the infection; (L) latent, individuals who are infected but not able to infect yet; (I) infectious, individuals who are infected and able to infect; and (R) removed, individuals who are immune to the disease, for instance because they recovered from infection.
The unobserved times when patients acquire the organism (the latent event times, which are part of the augmented data) are included in the set of model unknowns.
An active HPV infection is likely to be dependent on recent sexual activity and may therefore be acquired recently, whereas latent or persistent infection could be influenced by past sexual behaviour.
Similarly, a Red-tailed Hawk that died in the middle of winter raised questions whether the virus could have been acquired earlier, with latent infection later causing death (17 ).
Critics of the administration argue that allowing Iran to retain even a latent capability to acquire nuclear weapons constitutes an unacceptable threat.
EBV-infected B cells become activated and growth transformed, express a characteristic set of viral latent genes, and acquire the status of proliferating lymphoblastoid cell lines in vitro.
HIV infection and the associated immune suppression is a major risk factor for the development of active TB in those who acquire new M. tuberculosis infection or have latent M. tuberculosis infection.
