Prevalence and risk factors for tuberculosis infection among personnel in two hospitals in Viet Nam

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1643-1648

  Powell, Krista ^a,b   Han, D ^c   Hung, N V ^c   Vu, T ^d   Sy, D N ^c   Trinh, T T ^e   Le, T C ^f   Do, K ^a   Oeltmann, J E ^a   Whitehead, S ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c National Tuberculosis Program   (Viet Nam)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^e CDC/Global AIDS Program   (Viet Nam)

^f HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Health care providers; Infection control; Infectious disease; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL PERSONNEL; STAFF; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81455155724     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0207     Document Type: Article

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