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The neglected burden of tuberculosis disease among health workers: a decade-long cohort study in South Africa

BACKGROUND: Health workers (HWs) in resource-limited settings are at high-risk of exposure to tuberculosis (TB) at work. The aim of this study was to estimate the rate of TB disease among HWs in the Free State Province of South Africa between 2002 and 2012 and to compare demographic and clinical cha...

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Autores principales:	O’Hara, Lyndsay M., Yassi, Annalee, Zungu, Muzimkhulu, Malotle, Molebogeng, Bryce, Elizabeth A., Barker, Stephen J., Darwin, Lincoln, Mark FitzGerald, J.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5547542/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28784107 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2659-3

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