High risk for tuberculosis in hospital physicians, Peru [1]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 747-748

  Bonifacio, Nilo ^a   Saito, Mayuko ^b,c   Gilman, Robert H ^b,c,d   Leung, Fay ^b   Chavez, Nancy Cordova ^a   Huarcaya, Jesús Chacaltana ^a   Quispe, Carlos Vera ^a  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DANIEL ALCIDES CARRIÓN   (Peru)

^b ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERU; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036310967     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0807.010506     Document Type: Letter

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