Open AccessIncidence of latent tuberculosis infection among health science students during clinical training
Author(s) -
Mada Alsharif,
Atheer A. Alsulami,
Malikah Alsharef,
Amr S. Albanna,
Siraj O. Wali
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/atm.atm_230_19
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , latent tuberculosis , tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology , physics , optics
The prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) has been found to be high among students undergoing clinical training. The aim of this study is to determine the incidence of LTBI among undergraduate health science students after their clinical training and to compare the risk between different college specialties.