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Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among tuberculosis laboratory workers in Iran

OBJECTIVES: The risk of transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from patients to health care workers (HCWs) is a neglected problem in many countries, including Iran. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) among TB laboratory staff in Iran...

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Autores principales: Nasehi, Mahshid, Hashemi-Shahraki, Abdolrazagh, Doosti-Irani, Amin, Sharafi, Saeed, Mostafavi, Ehsan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Epidemiology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5343107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28092930
http://dx.doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2017002