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

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...

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Main Authors: Monica Sañé Schepisi, Giovanni Sotgiu, Silvia Contini, Vincenzo Puro, Giuseppe Ippolito, Enrico Girardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121639
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