Tuberculosis incidence correlates with sunshine: an ecological 28-year time series study.

Birmingham is the largest UK city after London, and central Birmingham has an annual tuberculosis incidence of 80 per 100,000. We examined seasonality and sunlight as drivers of tuberculosis incidence. Hours of sunshine are seasonal, sunshine exposure is necessary for the production of vitamin D by...

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Main Authors: Gavin C K W Koh, Gemma Hawthorne, Alice M Turner, Heinke Kunst, Martin Dedicoat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3590299?pdf=render