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Prevalence of positive TST among Healthcare workers in a high-burden TB setting in Peru

2020-04-28

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background: </bold>Tuberculosis (TB) transmission has long been recognized as an important occupational hazard for healthcare workers (HCWs). HCWs have a 5.8% annual risk of exposure and three times greater risk of developing active TB than the general population.<bold>Methods:</bold> We conducted an observational cross-sectional study between September 2014 and March 2015 among H...

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6728fddf-9974-5d20-ae1c-cbf3bfacb6e1
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10.21203/rs.3.rs-15609/v3
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