Prevalence and Risk Factors for Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Health Care Workers in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Xia Zhang; Hongyan Jia; Fei Liu; Liping Pan; Aiying Xing; Shuxiang Gu; Boping Du; Qi Sun; Rongrong Wei; Zongde Zhang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066412

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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Health Care Workers in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Xia Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xia Zhang, Hongyan Jia

Affiliation Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Resistance Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, China
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Hongyan Jia ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xia Zhang, Hongyan Jia

Affiliation Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Resistance Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, China
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Fei Liu,

Affiliation Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Resistance Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, China
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Liping Pan,

Affiliation Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Resistance Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, China
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Aiying Xing,

Affiliation Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Resistance Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, China
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Shuxiang Gu,

Affiliation Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Resistance Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, China
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Boping Du,

Affiliation Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Resistance Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, China
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Qi Sun,

Affiliation Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Resistance Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, China
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Rongrong Wei,

Affiliation Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Resistance Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, China
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Zongde Zhang

* E-mail: zzd417@163.com

Affiliation Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Resistance Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, China
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Health Care Workers in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Xia Zhang,
Hongyan Jia,
Fei Liu,
Liping Pan,
Aiying Xing,
Shuxiang Gu,
Boping Du,
Qi Sun,
Rongrong Wei,
Zongde Zhang

Published: June 18, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066412

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