A prospective longitudinal study of tuberculosis among household contacts of smear-positive tuberculosis cases in Lima, Peru

BACKGROUND: Household contacts (HHCs) of TB cases are at increased risk for TB disease compared to the general population but the risk may be modified by individual or household factors. We conducted a study to determine incident TB among HHCs over two years after exposure and to identify individual...

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Autores principales: Otero, Larissa, Shah, Lena, Verdonck, Kristien, Battaglioli, Tullia, Brewer, Timothy, Gotuzzo, Eduardo, Seas, Carlos, Van der Stuyft, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27278655
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1616-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27278655
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1616-x

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