Latent tuberculosis infection in the Polish prison staff

Background Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by acid-fast mycobacteria from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex group. The disease spreads when people with pulmonary tuberculosis excrete bacteria when they cough, sneeze, laugh or speak. Prisons are often called reservoirs of p...

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Main Authors: Aneta Filipek-Czerska, Jan Kazimierz Karczewski, Iwona Gładysz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine 2021-08-01
Series:Medycyna Pracy
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Online Access:http://medpr.imp.lodz.pl/Utajone-zakazenie-gruzlica-u-polskich-funkcjonariuszy-sluzby-wieziennej,136987,0,2.html