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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/45439| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Prevalence and associated risk factors of latent tuberculosis infection among under- and post-graduate dental students: a retrospective study |
| Authors: | Monica Lamberti Nicola Coppola Alfredo de Rosa Maria Rosaria Muoio Claudia Westermann Albert Nienhaus Ntonio Arnese Antônio Paulino Ribeiro Sobrinho Gabriella di Giuseppe Elpidio Maria Garzillo Vincenzo Crispino |
| Abstract: | To estimate the prevalence of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) in Italian dental students exposed to the same occupational risks as dental health care personnel and to evaluate potential risk factors, a cross-sectional study was conducted on undergraduate and postgraduate students. After clinical evaluation, students were given a tuberculin skin test; in those found positive, an interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) was conducted. Of the 281 students enrolled, 10 were only TST positive; 8 were TST or/and IGRA positive. We found that participants testing positive at TST and/or IGRA, a group in which the risk of false LTBI positives is minimal, were older and had been studying longer. Although the prevalence of LTBI among dental students in our study was low, a risk of acquiring a work-related infection exists even in a country with a low incidence of TB. Thus, dental students should be screened to catch LTBI early on. |
| Subject: | Students dental Health surveillance services Occupational exposure Tuberculosis |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | FAO - DEPARTAMENTO DE ODONTOLOGIA RESTAURADORA |
| Rights: | Acesso Restrito |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | https://doi.org/10.1080/19338244.2016.1167006 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/45439 |
| Issue Date: | 1-Jun-2016 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19338244.2016.1167006?journalCode=vaeh20 |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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