Tuberculosis among health care workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A retrospective cohort analysis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tudor, Carrie ^a   Van Walt, Martie Der ^b   Margot, Bruce ^c   Dorman, Susan E ^d   Pan, William K ^e   Yenokyan, Gayane ^f   Farley, Jason E ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c KwaZulu Natal Department of Health   (South Africa)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care worker; HIV; Infection control; Occupational health; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; WORK;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; WORK;

EID: 84908005827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-891     Document Type: Article

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