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Tuberculosis Contact Screening and Isoniazid Preventive Therapy Among Children Under 5 in the Mbeya and Songwe Regions, Tanzania

INTRODUCTION: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends contact screening and initiation of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) for children under 5 years of age exposed to a sputum smear-positive (SS+) tuberculosis (TB) source case. We conducted this study in order to assess implementation of t...

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Autores principales: Mwasubila, Yesaya K, Sabi, Issa, Kabyemera, Rogatus, Ntinginya, Nyanda E, Sauve, Reginald, Kidenya, Benson
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The East African Health Research Commission 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8279253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34308172
http://dx.doi.org/10.24248/EAHRJ-D-17-00186