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Does sunlight drive seasonality of TB in Vietnam? A retrospective environmental ecological study of tuberculosis seasonality in Vietnam from 2010 to 2015.

Ana BonellLucie ContaminPham Quang ThaiHoang Thi Thanh ThuyH Rogier van DoornRichard WhiteBehzad NadjmMarc Choisy
Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2020)
Preventative public health measures should be focused in the south of Viet Nam where incidence is highest. Vitamin D is unlikely to be a strong driver of seasonality but supplementation may play a role in a package of interventions.
Keyphrases
  • public health
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • human health
  • physical activity
  • risk factors
  • risk assessment
  • pulmonary tuberculosis
  • hepatitis c virus
  • global health
  • hiv infected