Occupational risk of tuberculosis transmission in a low incidence area

Respiratory Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Diel, Roland ^a   Seidler, Andreas ^b   Nienhaus, Albert ^c   Rüsch Gerdes, Sabine ^d   Niemann, Stefan ^d  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance   (Germany)

^d RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Tuberculosis epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; COMORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 25444466726     PISSN: 1465993X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-6-35     Document Type: Article

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