Rates of tuberculosis infection in healthcare workers providing services to HIV-infected populations

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 829-835

  Zahnow, Karen ^a,b   Matts, John P ^a,c   Hillman, David ^a,c   Finley, Elizabeth ^a,b   Brown Jr , Lawrence S ^a,d   Torres, Ramon A ^a,e   Ernst, Jerome ^a,f   El Sadr, Wafaa ^a,g   Perez, George ^a,h   Webster, Carol ^a,i   Barber, Beverly ^a,j   Gordin, Fred M ^a,b,k  

^a Terry Beirn Comm Programs Clin R   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^g HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^h AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Atlantic City Campus   (United States)

ⁱ Richmond AIDS Consortium   (United States)

^j DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^k VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032198827     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141560     Document Type: Article

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