Is latent tuberculosis infection challenging in Iranian health care workers? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Mohammad Hossein YektaKooshali; Farahnaz Movahedzadeh; Ali Alavi Foumani; Hoda Sabati; Alireza Jafari

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0223335

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Is latent tuberculosis infection challenging in Iranian health care workers? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Mohammad Hossein YektaKooshali,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Student Research Committee, School of nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran, Inflammatory Lung Diseases Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Razi Hospital, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7339-8230

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Farahnaz Movahedzadeh,

Roles Investigation, Supervision

Affiliations Institute for Tuberculosis Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Ali Alavi Foumani,

Roles Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Inflammatory Lung Diseases Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Razi Hospital, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
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Hoda Sabati,

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Center, Faculty of Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
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Alireza Jafari

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Dr.alireza.jafariii@gmail.com

Affiliations Inflammatory Lung Diseases Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Razi Hospital, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran, Urology Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Razi Hospital, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8545-4324

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Is latent tuberculosis infection challenging in Iranian health care workers? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Mohammad Hossein YektaKooshali,
Farahnaz Movahedzadeh,
Ali Alavi Foumani,
Hoda Sabati,
Alireza Jafari

Published: October 3, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223335

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