Exposure of dentists to mycobacterium tuberculosis, Ibadan, Nigeria

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1479-1481

  Cadmus, Simeon I ^a   Okoje, Victoria N ^a   Taiwo, Babafemi O ^b   van Soolingen, Dick ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DENTAL PATIENT; DENTIST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956025819     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1609.100447     Document Type: Article

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