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Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1573-398X
ISSN (Online): 1875-6387

Environmental Factors Contributing to Susceptibility to Tuberculosis

Author(s): Kai K. Lee and Heather J. Milburn

Volume 9, Issue 3, 2013

Page: [163 - 171] Pages: 9

DOI: 10.2174/1573398X113099990013

Price: $65

Abstract

The environment can contribute to a person’s susceptibility to tuberculosis, with a number of factors increasing the risk of developing active disease. In this chapter, we shall examine the evidence for an association between TB and nutrition, smoking, alcohol, intestinal parasite infection, and the newer anti-TNF immunosuppressive drugs. For further in depth information, readers are guided towards reviews on individual topics where available. Concurrent disease, other immunosuppressive medication and HIV infection have been covered elsewhere.

Keywords: Alcohol, anti-tumour necrosis factor, nutrition, parasitic infection, smoking, tuberculosis.


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