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Nutritional Status and Tuberculosis Risk in Adult and Pediatric Household Contacts
BACKGROUND: Studies show obesity decreases risk of tuberculosis (TB) disease. There is limited evidence on whether high body mass index also protects against TB infection; how very high body mass indices influence TB risk; or whether nutritional status predicts this risk in children. We assessed the...
Autores principales: | Aibana, Omowunmi, Acharya, Xeno, Huang, Chuan-Chin, Becerra, Mercedes C., Galea, Jerome T., Chiang, Silvia S., Contreras, Carmen, Calderon, Roger, Yataco, Rosa, Velásquez, Gustavo E., Tintaya, Karen, Jimenez, Judith, Lecca, Leonid, Murray, Megan B. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5105945/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27835678 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166333 |
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