Association between smoking and latent tuberculosis in the U.S. population: an analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Evidence of an association between cigarette smoking and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is based on studies in special populations and/or from high prevalence settings. We sought to evaluate the association between LTBI and smoking in a low prevalence TB setting using population-based data fro...

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Main Authors: David J Horne, Monica Campo, Justin R Ortiz, Eyal Oren, Matthew Arentz, Kristina Crothers, Masahiro Narita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3493513?pdf=render