TY - JOUR
KW - Serology
KW - Infections
AU - Pacheco SE
AU - Bührer-Sékula S
AU - Moura RS
AU - Stefani MM
AU - Oliveira MLWD
AU - Saraceni V
AU - Cordeiro-Santos M
AB - <p><strong>Concise prelimininary communication</strong>:</p>

<p>A serologic survey was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of Mycobacterium leprae infection among healthcare workers and associated factors. Of 280 workers, 26 (9.3%) were positive using immunoglobulin M serology for PGL-I M. leprae antigen. Exposure to leprosy patients in the workplace was significantly associated with seropositivity (P=.044). [in: Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;00(0):1-3].</p>

BT - Infection control and hospital epidemiology
C1 - <p>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26456726?dopt=Abstract</p>

DO - 10.1017/ice.2015.224
J2 - Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
LA - eng
N2 - <p><strong>Concise prelimininary communication</strong>:</p>

<p>A serologic survey was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of Mycobacterium leprae infection among healthcare workers and associated factors. Of 280 workers, 26 (9.3%) were positive using immunoglobulin M serology for PGL-I M. leprae antigen. Exposure to leprosy patients in the workplace was significantly associated with seropositivity (P=.044). [in: Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;00(0):1-3].</p>

PB - Cambridge University Press
PY - 2015
SP - 1 
EP -  3
T2 - Infection control and hospital epidemiology
TI - Could Mycobacterium Leprae Infection be an occupational disease? A survey in healthcare workers from an endemic area in the Amazonian Region.
SN - 1559-6834
ER -