title: Epidemiology of tuberculosis among health care workers.
abstract: The author explores factors such as poor environmental, hygienic, and infection controls for the excessive conversion rates found among health care workers in numerous studies. In his in-depth discussion, Dr. Markowitz reviews the role of outbreak investigations, surveillance studies, and current epidemiologic studies in efforts to control the hazard of airborne tuberculosis in the workplace.
authors.affiliation: Division of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Markowitz
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology