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

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 workers expos...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Epidemiology and infection 2015-09, Vol.143 (12), p.2639-2647
Hauptverfasser:	OCHOA, J., HINCAPIÉ-PALACIO, D., SEPÚLVEDA, H., RUIZ, D., MOLINA, A., ECHEVERRI, S., LEÓN, A. L., ESCOMBE, A. R., ARBELÁEZ, M. P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Colombia - epidemiology Computer Simulation Disease control Health care policy Hospitals - classification Humans Incidence Infections Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional Interferon-gamma Release Tests Latent Tuberculosis - diagnosis Latent Tuberculosis - epidemiology Medical personnel Models, Statistical Mycobacterium Original Papers Personnel, Hospital Prevalence Public health Random variables Risk Assessment - methods Simulation Tuberculin Test Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - epidemiology Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - transmission Workers
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