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Prevalence and correlates of latent tuberculosis infection among employees of a high security prison in Malaysia.

TitlePrevalence and correlates of latent tuberculosis infection among employees of a high security prison in Malaysia.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsAl-Darraji, Haider Abdulrazzaq Abed, Cynthia Tan, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, and Frederick L. Altice
JournalOccupational and environmental medicine
Date Published2015 Mar 20
ISSN1470-7926
AbstractAlthough prison employees share the same tuberculosis (TB) risk environment with prisoners, the magnitude of TB problems among prison employees is unknown in most resource-limited prisons. This survey was conducted to investigate the prevalence and correlates of tuberculin skin test (TST) positivity among employees in Malaysia's largest prison.
DOI10.1136/oemed-2014-102695
Alternate JournalOccup Environ Med

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