Tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers in Kisumu, Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1797-1804

  Agaya, Janet ^a   Nnadi, Chimeremma D ^b   Odhiambo, Joseph ^b   Obonyo, Charles ^a   Obiero, Vincent ^a   Lipke, Virginia ^c   Okeyo, Elisha ^a   Cain, Kevin ^b   Oeltmann, John E ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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

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

Author keywords

HIV; Infection control; Latent tuberculosis; Nosocomial infection; Tuberculosis; Western Kenya

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HIV TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; COMPLICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HIV INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

KENYA; KISUMU [KENYA];

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954419250     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12601     Document Type: Article

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