Adolescent females are more susceptible than males for tuberculosis

Background and Objectives: Published literature is silent about the gender gap in tuberculosis (TB) among adolescent (10–19 years) population despite extensive information on increased susceptibility of the male gender after 20 years. We analyzed the data from 1113 adolescent microbiologically confi...

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Main Authors: Suman Thakur, Vivek Chauhan, Ravinder Kumar, Gopal Beri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2021;volume=13;issue=1;spage=3;epage=6;aulast=Thakur