Latent tuberculosis infection: Risks to health care students at a hospital in Lima, Peru

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1146-1151

  Hohmuth, B A ^a,b   Yamanija, J C ^c   Dayal, A S ^a,d   Nardell, E ^e   Salazar, J J ^e   Fawzi, M C Smith ^e,f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c SOCIOS EN SALUD   (Peru)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^f Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change   (United States)

Author keywords

Nosocomial; Peru; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LATENT PERIOD; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERU; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERU; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33749503513     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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