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A systematic review of the impact of psychosocial factors on immunity: Implications for enhancing BCG response against tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) remains an urgent global public health priority, causing 1.5 million deaths worldwide in 2018. There is evidence that psychosocial factors modulate immune function; however, how this may influence TB risk or BCG vaccine response, and whether this pathway can be modified...

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Autores principales: Hayward, Sally E., Dowd, Jennifer B., Fletcher, Helen, Nellums, Laura B., Wurie, Fatima, Boccia, Delia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6939020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31909166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100522