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Tuberculosis contact tracing yield and associated factors in Uganda

BACKGROUND: The yield of tuberculosis (TB) contact tracing is historically low in Uganda. We determined factors associated with a positive contact tracing yield at an urban public TB clinic in Kampala, Uganda. METHODS: We reviewed contact tracing registers of index TB cases registered between 2015 a...

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Autores principales:	Baluku, Joseph Baruch, Nabwana, Martin, Winters, Muttamba, Bongomin, Felix
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2022
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8848908/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35172788 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-022-01860-z

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