Tuberculosis incidence among infected contacts detected through contact tracing of smear-positive patients

BACKGROUND: The contacts of people with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) have a high risk of becoming infected and developing tuberculosis (TB). Our aim was to determine the incidence of TB and its risk factors in a cohort of contacts with latent TB infection (LTBI) detected through contact tracing of s...

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Autores principales: Martin-Sanchez, Mario, Brugueras, Silvia, de Andrés, Anna, Simon, Pere, Gorrindo, Pilar, Ros, Miriam, Masdeu, Eva, Millet, Joan-Pau, Caylà, Joan A., Orcau, Àngels
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6464217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30986227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215322

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6464217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30986227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215322

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