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Tuberculosis in Healthcare Workers and Infection Control Measures at Primary Healthcare Facilities in South Africa

BACKGROUND: Challenges exist regarding TB infection control and TB in hospital-based healthcare workers in South Africa. However, few studies report on TB in non-hospital based healthcare workers such as primary or community healthcare workers. Our objectives were to investigate the implementation o...

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Autores principales:	Claassens, Mareli M., van Schalkwyk, Cari, du Toit, Elizabeth, Roest, Eline, Lombard, Carl J., Enarson, Donald A., Beyers, Nulda, Borgdorff, Martien W.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2013
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3788748/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24098461 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076272

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