A household survey on screening practices of household contacts of smear positive tuberculosis patients in Vietnam

BACKGROUND: Close contacts of tuberculosis (TB) patients are at increased risk of developing tuberculosis. Although passive contact screening guidelines are incorporated in the national TB control program, currently it is unknown how frequent close contacts are screened for TB in Vietnam. This study...

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Autores principales: Thanh, Thuy Hoang Thi, Ngoc, Sy Dinh, Viet, Nhung Nguyen, Van, Hung Nguyen, Horby, Peter, Cobelens, Frank GJ, Wertheim, Heiman FL
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4226947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25015682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-713

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4226947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25015682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-713

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