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Active household contact screening for tuberculosis and provision of isoniazid preventive therapy to under-five children in Afghanistan

OBJECTIVES: This observational study analyzed the performance of the National TB Control Program (NTP) in Afghanistan in household contact screening from 2011 to 2018 and its use as an entry point for isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT), as well as the IPT completion rates for children under age five...

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Autores principales: Sayedi, Said Mirza, Seddiq, Mohammad Khaled, Rashidi, Mohammad K., Qader, Ghulam, Ikram, Naser, Melese, Muluken, Suarez, Pedro G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7546473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33035249
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240031