Risk of latent TB infection in individuals employed in the healthcare sector in Germany: a multicentre prevalence study.
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Risk of latent TB infection in individuals employed in the healthcare sector in Germany: a multicentre prevalence study. / Schablon, Anja; Harling, Melanie; Diel, Roland; Nienhaus, Albert.
In: BMC INFECT DIS, Vol. 10, 2010, p. 107.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Risk of latent TB infection in individuals employed in the healthcare sector in Germany: a multicentre prevalence study.
AU - Schablon, Anja
AU - Harling, Melanie
AU - Diel, Roland
AU - Nienhaus, Albert
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Healthcare workers are still recognised as a high-risk group for latent TB infection (LTBI). Therefore, the screening of people employed in the healthcare sector for active and LTBI is fundamental to infection control programmes in German hospitals. It was the aim of the study to determine the prevalence and putative risk factors of LTBI.
AB - Healthcare workers are still recognised as a high-risk group for latent TB infection (LTBI). Therefore, the screening of people employed in the healthcare sector for active and LTBI is fundamental to infection control programmes in German hospitals. It was the aim of the study to determine the prevalence and putative risk factors of LTBI.
U2 - 10.1186/1471-2334-10-107
DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-10-107
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 10
SP - 107
JO - BMC INFECT DIS
JF - BMC INFECT DIS
SN - 1471-2334
ER -