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.

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title = "Risk of latent TB infection in individuals employed in the healthcare sector in Germany: a multicentre prevalence study.",
abstract = "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.",
author = "Anja Schablon and Melanie Harling and Roland Diel and Albert Nienhaus",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1186/1471-2334-10-107",
language = "Deutsch",
volume = "10",
pages = "107",
journal = "BMC INFECT DIS",
issn = "1471-2334",
publisher = "BioMed Central Ltd.",

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TY - JOUR

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

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