High Utility of Contact Investigation for Latent and Active Tuberculosis Case Detection among the Contacts: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Tbilisi, Georgia, 2010–2011

SETTING: The study was conducted at the National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NCTBLD) in Tbilisi, Georgia. OBJECTIVE: To assess the utility of contact investigation for tuberculosis (TB) case detection. We also assessed the prevalence and risk factors for active TB disease and latent T...

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Autores principales: Chakhaia, Tsira, Magee, Matthew J., Kempker, Russell R., Gegia, Medea, Goginashvili, Leila, Nanava, Ucha, Blumberg, Henry M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4224404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25379809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111773

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4224404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25379809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111773

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