The seasonality of tuberculosis, sunlight, vitamin D, and household crowding

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 774-783

  Wingfield, Tom ^a,c,d   Schumacher, Samuel G ^a,b   Sandhu, Gurjinder ^b,c   Tovar, Marco A ^a,b   Zevallos, Karine ^a,b   Baldwin, Matthew R ^b   Montoya, Rosario ^a,b   Ramos, Eric S ^b   Jongkaewwattana, Chulanee ^a   Lewis, James J ^a,e   Gilman, Robert H ^b,f   Friedland, Jon S ^c   Evans, Carlton A ^a,b,c  

^a IFHAD: Innovation for Health and Development ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowding; Household; Seasonality; Sunlight; Tuberculosis; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; COHABITING PERSON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING (AREA); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PATHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOURS WITHOUT DIRECT SUNLIGHT; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLD CROWDING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WINTER;

CROWDING; HOUSEHOLD; SEASONALITY; SUNLIGHT; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROWDING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; MALE; PERU; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84907424121     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu121     Document Type: Article

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