High annual risk of tuberculosis infection among nursing students in South India: a cohort study.

High annual risk of tuberculosis infection among nursing students in South India: a cohort study.

<h4>Background</h4>Nurses in developing countries are frequently exposed to infectious tuberculosis (TB) patients, and have a high prevalence of TB infection. To estimate the incidence of new TB infection, we recruited a cohort of young nursing trainees at the Christian Medical College i...

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Main Authors: Devasahayam J Christopher, Prince James, Peter Daley, Lois Armstrong, Barney T J Isaac, Balamugesh Thangakunam, Beulah Premkumar, Alice Zwerling, Madhukar Pai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22022565/pdf/?tool=EBI

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