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Yield of household contact investigation of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in southern Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Household Contacts (HHCs) of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) have a higher risk of developing TB. Contact investigation is recommended to reach this group and identify undiagnosed cases. In this study, we have determined the yield of contact investigation among HHCs of patient...

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Autores principales: Yassin, Mubarek A., Yirdaw, Kesetebirhan D., Datiko, Daniel G., Cuevas, Luis E., Yassin, Mohammed A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7238661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32434507
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08879-z