Is latent tuberculosis infection challenging in Iranian health care workers? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The high chances of getting latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among health care workers (HCWs) will an enormous problem in low and upper-middle-income countries. METHOD:Search strategies were done through both national and international databases include SID, Barakat knowledge network system, Irandoc, Magiran, Iranian national library, web of science, Scopus, PubMed/MEDLINE, OVID, EMBASE, the Cochrane library, and Google Scholar search engine. The Persian and the English languages were used as the filter in national and international databases, respectively. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms was used to controlling comprehensive vocabulary. The search terms were conducted without time limitation till January 01, 2019. RESULTS:The prevalence of LTBI in Iranian's HCWs, base

SUBMITTER: YektaKooshali MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6776393 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature