Undernourished Household Contacts Are at Increased Risk of Tuberculosis (TB) Disease, but not TB Infection—a Multicenter Prospective Cohort Analysis

Abstract Undernutrition is the leading risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) globally and in India. This multicenter prospective cohort analysis from India suggests that undernutrition is associated with increased risk of TB disease but not TB infection among household contacts of persons with TB. Under...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2024-07, Vol.79 (1), p.233-236
Hauptverfasser:	Sinha, Pranay, Ezhumalai, Komala, Du, Xinyi, Ponnuraja, Chinnaiyan, Dauphinais, Madolyn Rose, Gupte, Nikhil, Sarkar, Sonali, Gupta, Amita, Gaikwad, Sanjay, Thangakunam, Balamugesh, Paradkar, Mandar, Christopher, Devasahayam J, Mave, Vidya, Viswanathan, Vijay, Ellner, Jerrold J, Kornfeld, Hardy, Horsburgh, C R, Padmapriyadarsini, Chandrasekaran, Gupte, Akshay
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Child Child, Preschool Cohort Studies Family Characteristics Female Humans India - epidemiology Infant Male Malnutrition - complications Malnutrition - epidemiology Middle Aged Prospective Studies Risk Factors Tuberculosis - epidemiology Tuberculosis - transmission Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Abstract Undernutrition is the leading risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) globally and in India. This multicenter prospective cohort analysis from India suggests that undernutrition is associated with increased risk of TB disease but not TB infection among household contacts of persons with TB. Undernutrition is associated with increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) disease but not TB infection among household contacts of persons with TB.
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1093/cid/ciae149