Tuberculosis screening for pediatric household contacts in India: Time to adapt newer strategies under the National TB Elimination Programme!

INTRODUCTION: The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of screening pediatric household contacts (under the age of 15 years) for tuberculosis (TB) in India through verbal screening, tuberculin skin testing, and chest radiography at intervals of 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. The study also aimed to...

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Autores principales: Chawla, Kiran, Burugina Nagaraja, Sharath, Siddalingaiah, Nayana, Sanju, Chidananda, Kumar, Uday, Shenoy, Vishnu Prasad, Shastri, Suresh, Singarajipur, Anil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10553317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37796796
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292387

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10553317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37796796
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292387

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