Association of Diabetes and Tuberculosis Disease among US-Bound Adult Refugees, 2009–2014

Diabetes is associated with an increased risk for active tuberculosis (TB) disease. We conducted a case–control study and found a significant association between diabetes and TB disease among US-bound refugees. These findings underscore the value of collaborative management of both diseases.

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Autores principales: Benoit, Stephen R., Gregg, Edward W., Jonnalagadda, Sasi, Phares, Christina R., Zhou, Weigong, Painter, John A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28221111
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161053
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spelling pubmed-53827402017-04-06 Association of Diabetes and Tuberculosis Disease among US-Bound Adult Refugees, 2009–2014 Benoit, Stephen R. Gregg, Edward W. Jonnalagadda, Sasi Phares, Christina R. Zhou, Weigong Painter, John A. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Diabetes is associated with an increased risk for active tuberculosis (TB) disease. We conducted a case–control study and found a significant association between diabetes and TB disease among US-bound refugees. These findings underscore the value of collaborative management of both diseases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5382740/ /pubmed/28221111 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161053 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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Benoit, Stephen R.
Gregg, Edward W.
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Phares, Christina R.
Zhou, Weigong
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Association of Diabetes and Tuberculosis Disease among US-Bound Adult Refugees, 2009–2014
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title_sort association of diabetes and tuberculosis disease among us-bound adult refugees, 2009–2014
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28221111
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161053
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