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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Health Workers in Germany-A Retrospective Study on Progression Risk and Use of Preventive Therapy.

Nika Zielinski, Johanna Stranzinger, Hajo Zeeb, Jan Felix Kersten, Albert Nienhaus

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Nika ZielinskiFaculty 11, Human and Health Sciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany.
Johanna StranzingerDepartment of Occupational Medicine, Toxic Substances, Health Service Research, German Statuary Institution for Accident Insurance and Prevention for Health and Welfare Services (BGW), 22089 Hamburg, Germany.
Hajo ZeebFaculty 11, Human and Health Sciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7509-242X
Jan Felix KerstenCompetence Centre for Epidemiology and Health Services Research for Healthcare Professionals (CVcare), Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing (IVDP), University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
Albert NienhausDepartment of Occupational Medicine, Toxic Substances, Health Service Research, German Statuary Institution for Accident Insurance and Prevention for Health and Welfare Services (BGW), 22089 Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1881-7302

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the decline in tuberculosis incidence (TB) in Germany, health workers (HW) are at greater risk of becoming infected with

Indexed as

Latent TuberculosisMycobacterium tuberculosisTuberculosisFemaleGermanyHumansMaleRetrospective Studieshealth workerslatent tuberculosis infection (LTBI)occupational healthprogressionTuberculosis Preventive Therapy (TPT)

Identifiers

PMID34280988
PMCPMC8297349

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