Association of vitamin D deficiency, season of the year, and latent tuberculosis infection among household contacts

OBJECTIVES: Vitamin D (VD) enhances the immune response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vitro, and VD deficiency has been described in patients with active tuberculosis (TB). However, the role of hypovitaminosis D in the pathogenesis of early TB infection acquisition is unclear. We aimed to ev...

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Autores principales: Balcells, María Elvira, García, Patricia, Tiznado, Camila, Villarroel, Luis, Scioscia, Natalia, Carvajal, Camila, Zegna-Ratá, Francesca, Hernández, Mariluz, Meza, Paulina, González, Luis F., Peña, Carlos, Naves, Rodrigo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5389794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28403225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175400

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5389794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28403225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175400

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