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 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121639 |
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