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Yield of close contact tracing using two different programmatic approaches from tuberculosis index cases: a retrospective quasi-experimental study
BACKGROUND: Being a contact of a pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) case is a risk factor for active and latent TB. The objective of this study is to determine the contact tracing yield using two different programmatic definitions of close contact in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. METHODS: This is a r...
Autores principales: | Loredo, Carla, Cailleaux–Cezar, Michelle, Efron, Anne, de Mello, Fernanda Carvalho Queiroz, Conde, Marcus Barreto |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4127044/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25098441 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-14-133 |
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