Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Health-care Workers and Students

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Conditions studied: Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Tuberculosis Infection, Latent Tuberculosis, Health Care Associated Infection

In brief

This study is a cross-sectional study that examines the prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection \[LTBI\], defined as individuals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis with no clinical evidence of disease, and the possible risk factors of LTBI in a large cohort of health care workers (HCWs) and students.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05756582

Run by

Eleonora Nucera

People needed

2040

Starts

2021-11-17

Expected to finish

2026-12-15

Last updated by the study team

2024-02-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 72. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• all health-care workers of Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS in Rome,
• all students of all three-year and single-cycle degree courses, master's degree courses, graduate schools of the faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome, trained at the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS,
• written informed consent.

You may not qualify if…

• denied informed consent.

Where it is running

• UOSD Allergologia e Immunologia Clinica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS — Roma, Italy (enrolling)

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