Prevalence of proximate risk factors of active tuberculosis in latent tuberculosis infection: A cross-sectional study from South India

Prevalence of proximate risk factors of active tuberculosis in latent tuberculosis infection: A cross-sectional study from South India

The prevalence of proximate risk factors for active tuberculosis (TB) in areas of high prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is not clearly understood. We aimed at assessing the prevalence of non-communicable multi-morbidity focusing on diabetes mellitus (DM), malnutrition, and hyperten...

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Main Authors: Saravanan Munisankar, Anuradha Rajamanickam, Suganthi Balasubramanian, Satishwaran Muthusamy, Pradeep Aravindan Menon, Shaik Fayaz Ahamed, Christopher Whalen, Paschaline Gumne, Inderdeep Kaur, Varma Nadimpalli, Akshay Deverakonda, Zhenhao Chen, John David Otto, Tesfalidet Habitegiyorgis, Harish Kandaswamy, Subash Babu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
latent tuberculosis
diabetes mellitus
hypertension
undernutrition
obesity
co-morbidity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1011388/full

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