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Tuberculosis among healthcare personnel, United States, 2010–2016

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2019

Thitipong Mongkolrattanothai Open the ORCID record for Thitipong Mongkolrattanothai [Opens in a new window] ,
Lauren A. Lambert  and
Carla A. Winston
Thitipong Mongkolrattanothai
Affiliation:
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Lauren A. Lambert
Affiliation:
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Carla A. Winston*
Affiliation:
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Author for correspondence: Carla A. Winston, Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

We describe characteristics of US healthcare personnel (HCP) diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). Among 64,770 adults with TB during 2010–2016, 2,460 (4%) were HCP. HCP with TB were more likely to be born outside of the United States, and less likely to have TB attributed to recent transmission, than non-HCP.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 6 , June 2019 , pp. 701 - 704
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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PREVIOUS PRESENTATION: Some of these data were presented in brief as a preliminary results presentation at the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on May 30, 2018, in Atlanta, Georgia.

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