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Household symptomatic contact screening of newly diagnosed sputum smears positive tuberculosis patients - An effective case detection tool
OBJECTIVES: Primary objective was to assess the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) among household contacts of newly diagnosed sputum smear (SS) positive TB index cases. Secondary objectives were the evaluation of risk factors in household contacts for acquiring TB disease; and the evaluation of variou...
Autores principales: | Gupta, Mridul, Saibannavar, Anita A, Kumar, Vinod |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4797434/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27051103 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.177445 |
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