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Prevalence and Incidence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Georgian Healthcare Workers

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis is a major occupational hazard in low and middle-income countries. Limited data exist on serial testing of healthcare workers (HCWs) with interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs) for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), especially in low and middle-income countries. We sought to...

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Autores principales: A. Whitaker, Jennifer, Mirtskhulava, Veriko, Kipiani, Maia, Harris, Drew A., Tabagari, Nino, Kempker, Russell R., Blumberg, Henry M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3607575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23536789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058202