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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...
Autores principales: | Chawla, Kiran, Burugina Nagaraja, Sharath, Siddalingaiah, Nayana, Sanju, Chidananda, Kumar, Uday, Shenoy, Vishnu Prasad, Shastri, Suresh, Singarajipur, Anil |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2023
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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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