title: Could Mycobacterium leprae Infection Be an Occupational Disease? A Survey in Healthcare Workers From an Endemic Area in the Amazonian Region.
abstract: A serologic survey was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of Mycobacterium leprae infection among healthcare workers and associated factors. Of 280 workers, 26 (9.3%) were positive using immunoglobulin M serology for PGL-I M. leprae antigen. Exposure to leprosy patients in the workplace was significantly associated with seropositivity (P=.044).
authors.affiliation: 1Universidade do Estado do Amazonas/Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical,Manaus,Amazonas,Brazil.
authors.forename: Sara Eleny
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Pacheco
authors.affiliation: 1Universidade do Estado do Amazonas/Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical,Manaus,Amazonas,Brazil.
authors.forename: Samira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bührer-Sékula
authors.affiliation: 4Universidade Federal de Goiás,Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública,Goiânia,Goiás,Brazil.
authors.forename: Rodrigo Scaliante
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: de Moura
authors.affiliation: 4Universidade Federal de Goiás,Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública,Goiânia,Goiás,Brazil.
authors.forename: Mariane Martins
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Stefani
authors.affiliation: 5Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina,Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro,RJ,Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Leide W
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: 1Universidade do Estado do Amazonas/Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical,Manaus,Amazonas,Brazil.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Saraceni
authors.affiliation: 1Universidade do Estado do Amazonas/Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical,Manaus,Amazonas,Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cordeiro-Santos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006306:Health Surveys; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007918:Leprosy / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000276:immunology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D007075:Immunoglobulin M