Feasibility of district wide screening of health care workers for tuberculosis in Zambia

• Main Authors: Suzanne Verver (Author), Nathan Kapata (Author), Mathildah Kakungu Simpungwe (Author), Seraphine Kaminsa (Author), Mavis Mwale (Author), Chitambeya Mukwangole (Author), Bernard Sichinga (Author), Sevim Ahmedov (Author), Max Meis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Many health care workers (HCWs) are at increased risk for tuberculosis (TB). The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends screening HCWs for TB in high burden settings but this is often not implemented in countries with a high TB incidence. We assessed the feasibility of TB scr...