Assessment of the influence of direct tobacco smoke on infection and active TB management.
Smoking is a risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) infection and disease progression. Tobacco smoking increases susceptibility to TB in a variety of ways, one of which is due to a reduction of the IFN-γ response. Consequently, an impaired immune response could affect performance of IFN-γ Release Assays...
Main Authors: | Neus Altet, Irene Latorre, María Ángeles Jiménez-Fuentes, José Maldonado, Israel Molina, Yoel González-Díaz, Celia Milà, Esther García-García, Beatriz Muriel, Raquel Villar-Hernández, Maisem Laabei, Andromeda-Celeste Gómez, Pere Godoy, Maria Luiza de Souza-Galvão, Segismundo Solano, Carlos A Jiménez-Ruiz, Jose Domínguez, PII Smoking SEPAR Working Group |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5570217?pdf=render |
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