Vitamin D deficiency among smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients and their tuberculosis negative household contacts in Northwest Ethiopia: a case–control study

BACKGROUND: Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that increases the immunity against tuberculosis (TB), decreases the re-activation of latent TB and reduces the severity of active TB disease. Epidemiological studies on the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, and its association with TB showed inconsis...

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Autores principales: Tessema, Belay, Moges, Feleke, Habte, Dereje, Hiruy, Nebiyu, Yismaw, Shewaye, Melkieneh, Kassahun, Kassie, Yewulsew, Girma, Belaineh, Melese, Muluken, Suarez, Pedro G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5426057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28490367
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12941-017-0211-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5426057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28490367
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12941-017-0211-3

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