Season and size of urban particulate matter differentially affect cytotoxicity and human immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Exposure to air pollution particulate matter (PM) and tuberculosis (TB) are two of the leading global public health challenges affecting low and middle income countries. An estimated 4.26 million premature deaths are attributable to household air pollution and an additional 4.1 million to outdoor ai...

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Main Authors: Srijata Sarkar, César E Rivas-Santiago, Olufunmilola A Ibironke, Claudia Carranza, Qingyu Meng, Álvaro Osornio-Vargas, Junfeng Zhang, Martha Torres, Judith C Chow, John G Watson, Pamela Ohman-Strickland, Stephan Schwander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219122