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Tuberculosis transmission from healthcare workers to patients and co-workers: a systematic literatur...

Tuberculosis transmission from healthcare workers to patients and co-workers: a systematic literatur...

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1669454584

Tuberculosis transmission from healthcare workers to patients and co-workers: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis

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Tuberculosis transmission from healthcare workers to patients and co-workers: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2015-04, Vol.10 (4), p.e0121639-e0121639

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of becoming infected with tuberculosis (TB), and potentially of being infectious themselves when they are ill. To assess the magnitude of healthcare-associated TB (HCA-TB) transmission from HCWs to patients and colleagues, we searched three electronic databases up to February 2014 to select primary studies on H...

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Full title

Tuberculosis transmission from healthcare workers to patients and co-workers: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1669454584

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1669454584

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ISSN

1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0121639

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