A prospective cross-sectional study of tuberculosis in elderly Hispanics reveals that BCG vaccination at birth is protective whereas diabetes is not a risk factor

BACKGROUND: Aging increases the risk of tuberculosis (TB) and its adverse outcomes, but most studies are based on secondary analyses, and few are in Hispanics. Diabetes is a risk factor for TB in adults, but its contribution in the elderly is unknown. We aimed to identify the role of diabetes and ot...

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Autores principales: Scordo, Julia M., Aguillón-Durán, Génesis P., Ayala, Doris, Quirino-Cerrillo, Ana Paulina, Rodríguez-Reyna, Eminé, Mora-Guzmán, Francisco, Caso, Jose A., Ledezma-Campos, Eder, Schlesinger, Larry S., Torrelles, Jordi B., Turner, Joanne, Restrepo, Blanca I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8321126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34324578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255194

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8321126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34324578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255194

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