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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...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Mridul, Saibannavar, Anita A, Kumar, Vinod
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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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