Journal of Bacteriology & Parasitology

Amodio E

Publications

• Research Article
  Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Students of Healthcare Professions and Postgraduates of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Palermo
  Author(s): Verso MG*, Picciotto D, Lo Cascio N, Noto Laddeca E and Amodio E Verso MG*, Picciotto D, Lo Cascio N, Noto Laddeca E and Amodio E
  
  Introduction and objective: Italy is a country with a low incidence of tuberculosis and in the last fifty years the annual number of TB cases decreased from 12,247 to 4,418, showing a reduction of approximately 64% in the number of cases and 71% in incidence. Despite of this encouraging trend, in the last years the epidemiology of tuberculosis changed and today it is a re-emerging infectious. The aim of this study is to measure the prevalence of positivity to tuberculosis infection (latent TB) in students, without any obvious manifestation of disease, attending degree courses of the health care professions and postgraduate medical courses of the School of Medicine of the University of Palermo, Italy. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional observational study in students of nursing, midwifery, dentistry degree courses and in resident physician.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9597.1000324

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