In-hospital contact investigation among health care workers after exposure to smear-negative tuberculosis
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) accounts for a considerable proportion of TB transmission, which especially endangers health care workers (HCW). Novel Mycobacterium-tuberculosis-specific interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs)...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology |
| Online Access: | http://www.occup-med.com/content/4/1/11 |