Occupational Transmission ofMycobacterium tuberculosisto Health Care Workers in a University Hospital in Lima, Peru
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- 1 September 2001
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 33 (5), 589-596
- https://doi.org/10.1086/321892
Abstract
From November 1996 through March 1997, presumptive active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) was detected in 44 health care workers (HCWs) at a university hKeywords
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