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Yield of household contact tracing for tuberculosis in rural South Africa

BACKGROUND: Efficient and effective strategies for identifying cases of active tuberculosis (TB) in rural sub-Saharan Africa are lacking. Household contact tracing offers a potential approach to diagnose more TB cases, and to do so earlier in the disease course. METHODS: Adults newly diagnosed with...

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Autores principales: Little, Kristen M., Msandiwa, Reginah, Martinson, Neil, Golub, Jonathan, Chaisson, Richard, Dowdy, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6030742/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29973140
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3193-7