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Could Mycobacterium leprae Infection Be an Occupational Disease? A Survey in Healthcare Workers From an Endemic Area in the Amazonian Region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2015

Sara Eleny Pacheco ,
Samira Bührer-Sékula ,
Rodrigo Scaliante de Moura ,
Mariane Martins Stefani ,
Maria Leide W. Oliveira ,
Valeria Saraceni  and
Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos
Sara Eleny Pacheco
Affiliation:
Universidade do Estado do Amazonas/Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Secretaria Estadual de Saúde do Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Fundação de Medicina Tropical Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Samira Bührer-Sékula*
Affiliation:
Universidade do Estado do Amazonas/Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Fundação de Medicina Tropical Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Universidade Federal de Goiás, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Rodrigo Scaliante de Moura
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Goiás, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Mariane Martins Stefani
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Goiás, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Maria Leide W. Oliveira
Affiliation:
Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Valeria Saraceni
Affiliation:
Universidade do Estado do Amazonas/Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Fundação de Medicina Tropical Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Secretaria Municipal de Saúde do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos
Affiliation:
Universidade do Estado do Amazonas/Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Fundação de Medicina Tropical Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
*
Address correspondence to Samira Bührer-Sékula, PhD, Alameda das Acácias Qd37, Lt01, Goiânia, Goiás, 74680-120, Brazil (samira@buhrer.net).
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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).

Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;36(12):1464–1466

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 12 , December 2015 , pp. 1464 - 1466
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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