Analysis of Occupational Tuberculosis in the Brazilian National Recording System, 2007-2011

• Main Authors: Gabriela Ferreira Nunes (Author), Thiago Nascimento do Prado (Author), Fernanda Mattos de Souza (Author), Lia Gonçalves Possuelo (Author), Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and objectives: Brazil is one of 22 countries with a high burden of the tuberculosis (TB) and is one of the five countries that together comprise 48% of worldwide TB cases. Health care workers (HCW) are among the groups vulnerable to acquiring the infection. However, other occupational gr...