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Reduced thyroxine production in young household contacts of tuberculosis patients increases active tuberculosis disease risk

In the current study, we followed 839 household contacts (HHCs) of tuberculosis (TB) patients for 2 years and identified the factors that enhanced the development of TB. Fourteen of the 17 HHCs who progressed to TB were in the 15- to 30-year-old age group. At baseline (the “0“ time point, when all t...

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Autores principales: Devalraju, Kamakshi Prudhula, Tripathi, Deepak, Neela, Venkata Sanjeev Kumar, Paidipally, Padmaja, Radhakrishnan, Rajesh Kumar, Singh, Karan P., Ansari, Mohammad Soheb, Jaeger, Martin, Netea-Maier, Romana T., Netea, Mihai G., Park, Sunmi, Cheng, Sheue-yann, Valluri, Vijaya Lakshmi, Vankayalapati, Ramakrishna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Clinical Investigation 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8410087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34236051
http://dx.doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.148271