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Latent tuberculosis in nursing professionals of a Brazilian hospital

Tuberculosis (TB) is considered an occupational disease among health-care workers (HCWs). Direct contact with TB patients leads to an increased risk to become latently infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of latent M. tuberculosis minfecti...

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Autores principales: Severo, Karen Gisele Person, Oliveira, Julia da Silva, Carneiro, Marcelo, Valim, Andréia Rosane de Moura, Krummenauer, Eliane Carlosso, Possuelo, Lia Gonçalves
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21575267
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-6-15