Healthcare Worker Occupation and Immune Response to Pneumocystis jirovecii

Healthcare Worker Occupation and Immune Response to Pneumocystis jirovecii

The reservoir and mode of transmission of Pneumocystis jirovecii remain uncertain. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 126 San Francisco General Hospital staff in clinical (n = 103) and nonclinical (n = 23) occupations to assess whether occupational exposure was associated with immune responses...

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Main Authors: Renuka Tipirneni, Kieran R. Daly, Leah G. Jarlsberg, Judy V. Koch, Alexandra Swartzman, Brenna M. Roth, Peter D. Walzer, Laurence Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Pneumocystis
health personnel
HIV/AIDS and other retroviruses
opportunistic infections
antibodies
fungal
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/10/09-0207_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/10/09-0207_article

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