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Serum vitamin D levels and risk of prevalent tuberculosis, incident tuberculosis and tuberculin skin test conversion among prisoners

Poor vitamin D status has been associated with tuberculosis (TB); whether poor status is cause or consequence of disease is uncertain. We conducted a case-control study and two nested case-control studies to determine whether vitamin D levels were associated with active TB, tuberculin skin test (TST...

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Autores principales: Maceda, Elisangela B., Gonçalves, Crhistinne C. M., Andrews, Jason R., Ko, Albert I., Yeckel, Catherine W., Croda, Julio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5772514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29343733
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19589-3