• Health and safety conditions in workers' exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis 

      Vaquero-Álvarez, Esther (Universidad de Córdoba, UCOPress, 2021)
      Introduction. Health workers are exposed to different biological pathogens, which implies a risk to their health and a cost to the system. In this population, the rate of work-related accidents and diseases is higher than ...
    • Surveillance of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Spain (2001–2015) 

      Gutiérrez-Aroca, Juan-Bautista; Ruiz, Pilar; Vaquero Abellán, Manuel; Causse, Manuel; Casal Román, Manuel (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2018)
      Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) is a cause of increasing concern. This study investigated first-line anti-TB drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains submitted to the Tuberculosis Reference Center ...
    • Tuberculosis and Other Airborne Microbes in Occupational Health and Safety 

      Vaquero-Álvarez, Esther; Cubero-Atienza, Antonio J.; Ruiz Martínez, P.; Vaquero Abellán, Manuel; Redel-Macías, María Dolores; Aparicio-Martínez, Pilar (MDPI, 2020)
      Airborne pathogens and non-malignant infectious diseases such as tuberculosis are highly contagious and can have severe effects on healthcare workers. The symptoms of these diseases take time to manifest, which can prevent ...