Prevalence of proximate risk factors of active tuberculosis in latent tuberculosis infection: A cross-sectional study from South India

• Main Authors: Saravanan Munisankar (Author), Anuradha Rajamanickam (Author), Suganthi Balasubramanian (Author), Satishwaran Muthusamy (Author), Pradeep Aravindan Menon (Author), Shaik Fayaz Ahamed (Author), Christopher Whalen (Author), Paschaline Gumne (Author), Inderdeep Kaur (Author), Varma Nadimpalli (Author), Akshay Deverakonda (Author), Zhenhao Chen (Author), John David Otto (Author), Tesfalidet Habitegiyorgis (Author), Harish Kandaswamy (Author), Subash Babu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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The prevalence of proximate risk factors for active tuberculosis (TB) in areas of high prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is not clearly understood. We aimed at assessing the prevalence of non-communicable multi-morbidity focusing on diabetes mellitus (DM), malnutrition, and hyperten...