Prevalence of and risk factors for tuberculosis among healthcare workers in Chinese tuberculosis facilities

• Main Authors: Xiao-Ning Wang (Author), Tian-Lun He (Author), Meng-Jie Geng (Author), Yu-Dan Song (Author), Ji-Chun Wang (Author), Min Liu (Author), Sarah Jayne Hoosdally (Author), Ana Luíza Gibertoni Cruz (Author), Fei Zhao (Author), Yu Pang (Author), Yan-Lin Zhao (Author), Guang-Xue He (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background China is one of 22 countries with a high tuberculosis (TB) burden in the world. Healthcare workers (HCWs) have a high risk of contracting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection due to insufficient infection control practices. We conducted a cross-sectional study to explore the prev...