Open AccessThe Effect of Diabetes and Prediabetes on Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission to Close Contacts
Author(s) -
María B. Arriaga,
Michael S. Rocha,
Betânia M. F. Nogueira,
Vanessa Nascimento,
Mariana Araújo-Pereira,
Alexandra B. Souza,
Alice M S Andrade,
Allyson Guimarães Costa,
Adriano Gomes-Silva,
Elisângela C Silva,
Marina C. Figueiredo,
Megan Turner,
Betina Durovni,
José Roberto Lapa e Silva,
Afrânio Lineu Kritski,
Solange Cavalcante,
Valéria Cavalcanti Rolla,
Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos,
Timothy R. Sterling,
Bruno B. Andrade
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases (online. university of chicago press)/the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jiab264
Subject(s) - medicine , prediabetes , quantiferon , tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , diabetes mellitus , glycemic , odds ratio , prospective cohort study , culture conversion , type 2 diabetes , sputum , latent tuberculosis , pathology , endocrinology , insulin
It is unknown whether dysglycemia is associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission.