Healthcare Worker Occupation and Immune Response to Pneumocystis jirovecii

The reservoir and mode of transmission of Pneumocystis jirovecii remain uncertain. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 126 San Francisco General Hospital staff in clinical (n = 103) and nonclinical (n = 23) occupations to assess whether occupational exposure was associated with immune responses...

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Published in:	Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 15; no. 10; pp. 1590 - 1597
Main Authors:	Tipirneni, Renuka, Daly, Kieran R., Jarlsberg, Leah G., Koch, Judy V., Swartzman, Alexandra, Roth, Brenna M., Walzer, Peter D., Huang, Laurence
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.10.2009 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over antibodies Antibodies, Fungal - immunology Antiviral agents Causes of Cross-Sectional Studies Drug therapy Female fungal Fungal Proteins - immunology Health aspects Health Personnel HIV/AIDS and other retroviruses Humans Immune response Male Middle Aged Occupational Exposure opportunistic infections Pneumocystis Pneumocystis carinii - immunology Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia Pneumocystis Infections - epidemiology Pneumocystis Infections - immunology Prevention Surveys and Questionnaires Young Adult United States
ISSN:	1080-6040, 1080-6059, 1080-6059
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