Sex differences in the risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based immunoreactivity surveys

Summary: Background: Tuberculosis killed 1·25 million people globally in 2023. Men have a 1·7 times higher tuberculosis incidence than women, but it is not known to what extent this discrepancy is driven by greater exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We aimed to analyse the effect of age and se...

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Principais autores:	Hannah M Rickman, MBBChir MPH, Mphatso D Phiri, MBBS MSc, MBBS MSc, Helena R A Feasey, PhD, Maria Krutikov, MBChB PhD, Hui Shao, MPH, Katherine C Horton, PhD, David W Dowdy, ProfMD PhD, Emily S Nightingale, PhD, Peter J Dodd, ProfPhD, Elizabeth L Corbett, ProfMBBChir PhD, Peter MacPherson, ProfMBBChir PhD
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	Elsevier 2025-07-01
Colecção:	The Lancet Public Health
Acesso em linha:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468266725001203
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