Prevalence of Tuberculin Skin Test Positivity and Conversions among Healthcare Workers in New York City during 1994 to 2001

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 807-813

  Cook, Sharlette ^a   Maw, Khin Lay ^a   Munsiff, Sonal S ^a,b   Fujiwara, Paula I ^a,b   Frieden, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANPOWER; MASK; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0345169925     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502141     Document Type: Article

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