Vitamin D Deficiency and Tuberculosis Progression

To assess the association between vitamin D deficiency and tuberculosis disease progression, we studied vitamin D levels in a cohort of tuberculosis patients and their contacts (N = 129) in Pakistan. Most (79%) persons showed deficiency. Low vitamin D levels were associated with a 5-fold increased r...

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Autores principales: Talat, Najeeha, Perry, Sharon, Parsonnet, Julie, Dawood, Ghaffar, Hussain, Rabia
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2954005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20409383
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1605.091693
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author Talat, Najeeha
Perry, Sharon
Parsonnet, Julie
Dawood, Ghaffar
Hussain, Rabia
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description To assess the association between vitamin D deficiency and tuberculosis disease progression, we studied vitamin D levels in a cohort of tuberculosis patients and their contacts (N = 129) in Pakistan. Most (79%) persons showed deficiency. Low vitamin D levels were associated with a 5-fold increased risk for progression to tuberculosis.
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spelling pubmed-29540052010-10-19 Vitamin D Deficiency and Tuberculosis Progression Talat, Najeeha Perry, Sharon Parsonnet, Julie Dawood, Ghaffar Hussain, Rabia Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To assess the association between vitamin D deficiency and tuberculosis disease progression, we studied vitamin D levels in a cohort of tuberculosis patients and their contacts (N = 129) in Pakistan. Most (79%) persons showed deficiency. Low vitamin D levels were associated with a 5-fold increased risk for progression to tuberculosis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2954005/ /pubmed/20409383 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1605.091693 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Talat, Najeeha
Perry, Sharon
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Vitamin D Deficiency and Tuberculosis Progression
title Vitamin D Deficiency and Tuberculosis Progression
title_full Vitamin D Deficiency and Tuberculosis Progression
title_fullStr Vitamin D Deficiency and Tuberculosis Progression
title_full_unstemmed Vitamin D Deficiency and Tuberculosis Progression
title_short Vitamin D Deficiency and Tuberculosis Progression
title_sort vitamin d deficiency and tuberculosis progression
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2954005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20409383
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1605.091693
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