Smoking, BCG and Employment and the Risk of Tuberculosis Infection in HIV-Infected Persons in South Africa

BACKGROUND: The increased susceptibility to latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) of HIV-1-infected persons represents a challenge in TB epidemic control. However few studies have evaluated LTBI predictors in a generalized HIV/TB epidemic setting. METHODS: The study recruited 335 HIV-infected partici...

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Main Authors: Oni, Tolu, Gideon, Hannah P., Bangani, Nonzwakazi, Tsekela, Relebohile, Seldon, Ronnett, Wood, Kathryn, Wilkinson, Katalin A., Goliath, Rene T., Ottenhoff, Tom H. M., Wilkinson, Robert J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3467259/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23056584
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047072
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