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Effects of ascent to high altitude on human antimycobacterial immunity
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Background Tuberculosis infection, disease and mortality are all less common at high than low altitude and ascent to high altitude was historically recommended for treatment. The immunological and mycobacterial mechanisms underlying the association between altitude and tuberculosis are unclear. We studied the effects of altitude on mycobacteria and antimycobacterial immunity. Methods Antimycobacterial immunity was assayed in 15 healthy adults residing at low altitude before and after they asc...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0074220
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- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PloS ONE Journal website
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 9
- Pages:
- ARTN e74220
- Publication date:
- 2013-09-13
- Acceptance date:
- 2013-07-29
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1932-6203
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- English
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- pubs:476531
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476531
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- 2014-07-24
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- Eisen et al
- Copyright date:
- 2013
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- Copyright: © 2013 Eisen et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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