Tuberculosis infection among young nursing trainees in South India.

Among healthcare workers in developing countries, nurses spend a large amount of time in direct contact with tuberculosis (TB) patients, and are at high risk for acquisition of TB infection and disease. To better understand the epidemiology of nosocomial TB among nurses, we recruited a cohort of you...

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Main Authors: Devasahayam J Christopher, Peter Daley, Lois Armstrong, Prince James, Richa Gupta, Beulah Premkumar, Joy Sarojini Michael, Vedha Radha, Alice Zwerling, Ian Schiller, Nandini Dendukuri, Madhukar Pai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2861589?pdf=render