Association between Smoking and Latent Tuberculosis in the U.S. Population: An Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

David J Horne; Monica Campo; Justin R. Ortiz; Eyal Oren; Matthew Arentz; Kristina Crothers; Masahiro Narita

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049050

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Association between Smoking and Latent Tuberculosis in the U.S. Population: An Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

David J Horne ,

* E-mail: dhorne@uw.edu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Monica Campo,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Justin R. Ortiz,

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Eyal Oren,

Affiliations Public Health - Seattle & King County, TB Control Program, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Matthew Arentz,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Kristina Crothers ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kristina Crothers, Masahiro Narita

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Masahiro Narita

Contributed equally to this work with: Kristina Crothers, Masahiro Narita

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Public Health - Seattle & King County, TB Control Program, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Association between Smoking and Latent Tuberculosis in the U.S. Population: An Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

David J Horne,
Monica Campo,
Justin R. Ortiz,
Eyal Oren,
Matthew Arentz,
Kristina Crothers,
Masahiro Narita

Published: November 8, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049050

About the Authors

David J Horne

* E-mail: dhorne@uw.edu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Monica Campo

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Justin R. Ortiz

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Eyal Oren

Affiliations Public Health - Seattle & King County, TB Control Program, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Matthew Arentz

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Kristina Crothers

Contributed equally to this work with: Kristina Crothers, Masahiro Narita

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Masahiro Narita

Contributed equally to this work with: Kristina Crothers, Masahiro Narita

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Public Health - Seattle & King County, TB Control Program, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DJH MC KC MN. Performed the experiments: DJH. Analyzed the data: DJH MC JRO KC MN. Wrote the paper: DJH MC JRO EO MA KC MN.

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