Increase in tuberculosis incidence among the staff working at the Tuberculosis Demonstration and Training Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A retrospective cohort study (1989-1998)

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-88

  Eyob, G ^a   Gebeyhu, M ^a   Goshu, S ^a   Girma, M ^a   Lemma, E ^a   Fontanet, A ^a  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Human immunodeficiency virus; Nosocomial transmission; Opportunistic infections; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036197117     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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