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Convergence of a diabetes mellitus, protein energy malnutrition, and TB epidemic: the neglected elderly population

BACKGROUND: On a global scale, nearly two billion persons are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. From this vast reservoir of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection, a substantial number will develop active TB during their lifetime, with some being able to transmit TB or Multi-drug- resistant (MDR...

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Autores principales: Menon, Sonia, Rossi, Rodolfo, Nshimyumukiza, Leon, Wusiman, Aibibula, Zdraveska, Natasha, Eldin, Manal Shams
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4960905/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27456231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1718-5