Open AccessNursing and Community Rates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection among Students in Harare, Zimbabwe
Author(s) -
Elizabeth L. Corbett,
Joice Muzangwa,
K. Chaka,
Ethel Dauya,
Yin Bun Cheung,
Shungu Munyati,
Andrew Reid,
James Hakim,
S.K. Chandiwana,
P. R. Mason,
A Butterworth,
Stan Houston
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/509926
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculin , tuberculosis , confidence interval , nursing , pathology
African hospitals have experienced major increases in admissions for tuberculosis, but they are ill-equipped to prevent institutional transmission. We compared institutional rates and community rates of tuberculin skin test (TST) conversion in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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