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Emerg Infect Dis
; 16(5): 853-5, 2010 May.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20409383
RESUMO
To assess the association between vitamin D deficiency and tuberculosis disease progression, we studied vitamin D levels in a cohort of tuberculosis patients and their contacts (N = 129) in Pakistan. Most (79%) persons showed deficiency. Low vitamin D levels were associated with a 5-fold increased risk for progression to tuberculosis.