| Title |
TB Screening in Canadian Health Care Workers Using Interferon-Gamma Release Assays
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0043014 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Alice Zwerling, Mihaela Cojocariu, Fiona McIntosh, Filomena Pietrangelo, Marcel A. Behr, Kevin Schwartzman, Andrea Benedetti, Nandini Dendukuri, Dick Menzies, Madhukar Pai |
| Abstract |
While many North American healthcare institutions are switching from Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) to Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs), there is relatively limited data on association between occupational tuberculosis (TB) risk factors and test positivity and/or patterns of test discordance. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 60 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 12 | 19% |
| Researcher | 9 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 11% |
| Professor | 6 | 10% |
| Other | 6 | 10% |
| Other | 11 | 18% |
| Unknown | 11 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 26 | 42% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 10% |
| Unknown | 14 | 23% |