Prevalence and risk factors for tuberculosis infection among hospital workers in Hanoi, Viet Nam

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Lien, Luu Thi ^a   Hang, Nguyen Thi Le ^b   Kobayashi, Nobuyuki ^c   Yanai, Hideki ^d   Toyota, Emiko ^e   Sakurada, Shinsaku ^c   Thuong, Pham Huu ^a   Cuong, Vu Cao ^a   Nanri, Akiko ^c   Mizoue, Tetsuya ^c   Matsushita, Ikumi ^c   Harada, Nobuyuki ^f   Higuchi, Kazue ^f   Tuan, Le Ahn ^g   Keicho, Naoto ^c  

^a Hanoi Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^b BACH MAI HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

^g Hanoi Health Department   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; QUANTIFERON TB GOLD IN TUBE; TUBERCULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VIET NAM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VIETNAM;

EID: 69849089789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006798     Document Type: Article

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