Smoking, BCG and employment and the risk of tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected persons in South Africa.

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 participa...

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Main Authors: Tolu Oni, Hannah P Gideon, Nonzwakazi Bangani, Relebohile Tsekela, Ronnett Seldon, Kathryn Wood, Katalin A Wilkinson, Rene T Goliath, Tom H M Ottenhoff, Robert J Wilkinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3467259?pdf=render

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