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...
Main Authors: | Gladys Kigozi, Michelle Engelbrecht, Christo Heunis, André Janse van Rensburg |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-03-01
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Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3010-3 |
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