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SUBMITTER: Baussano I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3298382 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Baussano Iacopo I Nunn Paul P Williams Brian B Pivetta Emanuele E Bugiani Massimiliano M Scano Fabio F
Emerging infectious diseases 20110301 3
To assess the annual risk for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among health care workers (HCWs), the incidence rate ratio for tuberculosis (TB) among HCWs worldwide, and the population-attributable fraction of TB to exposure of HCWs in their work settings, we reviewed the literature. Stratified pooled estimates for the LTBI rate for countries with low (<50 cases/100,000 population), intermediate (50-100/100,000 population), and high (>100/100,000 population) TB incidence were 3.8% (95% confi ...[more]