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Assortative social mixing and sex disparities in tuberculosis burden

Globally, men have higher tuberculosis (TB) burden but the mechanisms underlying this sex disparity are not fully understood. Recent surveys of social mixing patterns have established moderate preferential within-sex mixing in many settings. This assortative mixing could amplify differences from oth...

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Autores principales: Shaweno, Debebe, Horton, Katherine C., Hayes, Richard J., Dodd, Peter J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8024301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33824360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86869-w