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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...
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 |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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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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