Incidence of occupational latent tuberculosis infection in South African healthcare workers

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1364-1373

  Adams, Shahieda ^a   Ehrlich, Rodney ^a   Baatjies, Roslynn ^b   Van Zyl Smit, Richard N ^a   Said Hartley, Qonita ^c   Dawson, Rodney ^a   Dheda, Keertan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c NEW SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INCIDENCE; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS TEST KIT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULIN TEST; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 84929018000     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00138414     Document Type: Article

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