Simulation of risk of tuberculosis infection in healthcare workers in hospitals of an intermediate incidence country

ABSTRACT: We simulated the frequency of tuberculosis infection in healthcare workers in order to classify the risk of TB transmission for nine hospitals in Medellín, Colombia. We used a risk assessment approach to estimate the average number of infections in three risk groups of a cohort of 1082 wor...

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Autores:

Ochoa Acosta, Jesús Ernesto
Hincapié Palacio, Doracelly
Sepúlveda Díaz, Hernando Darío
Arbeláez Montoya, María Patricia
Ruiz, D
Molina Giraldo, Adriana María
Echeverri, Silvia
León Álvarez, Alba Luz
Escombe, A. R.

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2015

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/38381

Acceso en línea:

https://hdl.handle.net/10495/38381

Palabra clave:

Tuberculosis Latente
Latent Tuberculosis
Exposición Profesional
Occupational Exposure
Medición de Riesgo
Risk Assessment
Colombia - epidemiología
Colombia - epidemiology
Transmisión de Enfermedad Infecciosa de Paciente a Profesional
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
Ensayos de Liberación de Interferón gamma
Interferon-gamma Release Tests
Tuberculosis Pulmonar
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055985
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016273
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018570
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003105
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017758
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D059425
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014397

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openAccess

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/