Prevalence and determinants of latent tuberculosis infection among frontline tuberculosis healthcare workers in southeastern China: A multilevel analysis by individuals and health facilities | Zendy

Bin Chen | Zendy; Hua Gu | Zendy; Xiaomeng Wang | Zendy; Fei Wang | Zendy; Ying Peng | Zendy; Erjia Ge | Zendy; Ross Upshur | Zendy; Ruixue Dai | Zendy; Xiaolin Wei | Zendy; Jianmin Jiang | Zendy

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Prevalence and determinants of latent tuberculosis infection among frontline tuberculosis healthcare workers in southeastern China: A multilevel analysis by individuals and health facilities

Author(s) -

Bin Chen,

Hua Gu,

Xiaomeng Wang,

Fei Wang,

Ying Peng,

Erjia Ge,

Ross Upshur,

Ruixue Dai,

Xiaolin Wei,

Jianmin Jiang

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.11.010

Subject(s) - medicine , latent tuberculosis , tuberculosis , environmental health , health care , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology , economics , economic growth

Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at high risk of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), and the baseline prevalence of LTBI among frontline TB HCWs in southeastern China remains unknown. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of LTBI among TB HCWs and to analyze factors associated with LTBI at both the individual and institutional level.

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