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The yield of tuberculosis contact investigation in low- and middle-income settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Contact investigation, the systematic evaluation of individuals in close contact with an infectious tuberculosis (TB) patient, is a key active case-finding strategy for global TB control. Better estimates of the yield of contact investigation can guide strategies to reduce the number of...

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Autores principales: Velleca, Mariana, Malekinejad, Mohsen, Miller, Cecily, Abascal Miguel, Lucia, Reeves, Hailey, Hopewell, Philip, Fair, Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8474777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34579667
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06609-3