Occupational Risk (TB)

Dental Workers Along U.S-Mexican Border at Risk

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, October 25th, 1999

Dental health care workers along the U.S.-Mexican border must be made more aware of the threat of occupationally-related tuberculosis transmission, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

CDC researchers assessed the tuberculin skin test conversion rate over 12 months in dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants in three U.S.-Mexico border counties of Texas that reported high tuberculosis rates compared with the rates for the rest of the state and the United States in general ("Tuberculin Skin Test Conversion Rate in Dental Health Care Workers - Results of a Prospective Study," American Journal of Infection Control,...

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