Prevalence and risk factors of latent tuberculosis infection among health care workers in Malaysia

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Rafiza, Shaharudin ^a   Rampal, Krishna G ^b   Tahir, Aris ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^c Public Health Institute   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALAYSIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULIN TEST; ADOLESCENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651456016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-19     Document Type: Article

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