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BUTIMBA: Intensifying the Hunt for Child TB in Swaziland through Household Contact Tracing
BACKGROUND: Limited data exists to inform contact tracing guidelines in children and HIV-affected populations. We evaluated the yield and additionality of household contact and source case investigations in Swaziland, a TB/HIV high-burden setting, while prioritizing identification of childhood TB. M...
Autores principales: | Mandalakas, Anna Maria, Ngo, Katherine, Alonso Ustero, Pilar, Golin, Rachel, Anabwani, Florence, Mzileni, Bulisile, Sikhondze, Welile, Stevens, Robert |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5249050/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28107473 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169769 |
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