Tuberculosis and latent infection in employees of different prison unit types

• Main Authors: Péricles Alves Nogueira (Author), Regina Maura Cabral de Melo Abrahão (Author), Vera Maria Neder Galesi (Author), Rossana Verónica Mendoza López (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Estimate the prevalence of active tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection among the staff that is in contact and the staff that is not in contact with prisoners, and investigate factors associated with latent tuberculosis infection in this population. METHODS Observational...