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Association between tuberculosis in men and social network structure in Kampala, Uganda
BACKGROUND: Globally, tuberculosis disease (TB) is more common among males than females. Recent research proposes that differences in social mixing by sex could alter infection patterns in TB. We examine evidence for two mechanisms by which social-mixing could increase men’s contact rates with TB ca...
Autores principales: | Miller, Paige B., Zalwango, Sarah, Galiwango, Ronald, Kakaire, Robert, Sekandi, Juliet, Steinbaum, Lauren, Drake, John M., Whalen, Christopher C., Kiwanuka, Noah |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8482622/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34592946 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06475-z |
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