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SUBMITTER: Adetifa IMO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5544071 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Adetifa Ifedayo M O IMO Kendall Lindsay L Donkor Simon S Lugos Moses D MD Hammond Abdulrahman S AS Owiafe Patrick K PK Ota Martin O C MOC Brookes Roger H RH Hill Philip C PC
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20170719 2
Tobacco use is a major risk factor for tuberculosis (TB). Secondhand smoke (SHS) is also a risk factor for TB and to a lesser extent, <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> infection without disease. We investigated the added risk of <i>M. tuberculosis</i> infection due to SHS exposure in childhood contacts of TB cases in The Gambia. Participants were childhood household contacts aged ≤ 14 years of newly diagnosed pulmonary TB (PTB) cases. The intensity of exposure to the case was categorized accordi ...[more]