TST positivity in household contacts of tuberculosis patients: a case-contact study in Malawi

BACKGROUND: Screening household contacts of active tuberculosis (TB) patients is recommended for TB control. Due to resource constraints this rarely occurs in lower income countries. Demographic and clinical features of index cases may influence the likelihood of onwards TB transmission. It has also...

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Autores principales: Hector, Jonas, Anderson, Suzanne T., Banda, Gertrude, Kamdolozi, Mercy, Jefferys, Laura F., Shani, Doris, Garton, Natalie J., Mwale, Agnes, Jobe, Annie, Davies, Geraint R., Sloan, Derek J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5387357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28399800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2348-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5387357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28399800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2348-2

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