Household contact non-attendance of clinical evaluation for tuberculosis: a pilot study in a high burden district in South Africa

Household contact non-attendance of clinical evaluation for tuberculosis: a pilot study in a high burden district in South Africa

Abstract Background In 2012, the World Health Organization launched guidelines for systematically investigating contacts of persons with infectious tuberculosis (TB) in low- and middle-income countries. As such, it is necessary to understand factors that would influence successful scale-up. This stu...

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Main Authors: Gladys Kigozi, Michelle Engelbrecht, Christo Heunis, André Janse van Rensburg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Household contact investigation
Tuberculosis
Active case finding
Clinical evaluation
Free State Province
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3010-3

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