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When students become patients: TB disease among medical undergraduates in Cape Town, South Africa
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Background. Medical students acquire latent tuberculosis (TB) infection at a rate of 23 cases/100 person-years. The frequency and impact of occupational TB disease in this population are unknown.
Methods. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed via email and social media to current medical students and recently graduated doctors (2010 - 2015) at two medical schools in Cape Town. Individuals who had developed TB disease as undergraduate students were eligible to participat...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.7196/samj.2017.v107i6.12260
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- Publisher:
- Health and Medical Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- South African Medical Journal Journal website
- Volume:
- 107
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 475-479
- Publication date:
- 2017-05-24
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-02-27
- DOI:
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2078-5135
- ISSN:
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0256-9574
- Pmid:
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28604316
- Source identifiers:
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923465
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- English
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pubs:923465
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uuid:46d26d2b-5f47-4930-ae40-0125588fc88a
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- pubs:923465
- Deposit date:
- 2018-12-14
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- 2017
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