Cost-effectiveness of scaling up short course preventive therapy for tuberculosis among children across 12 countries

Background: While household contact investigation is widely recommended as a means to reduce the burden of tuberculosis (TB) among children, only 27% of eligible pediatric household contacts globally received preventive treatment in 2018. We assessed the cost-effectiveness of household contact inves...

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Main Authors: Youngji Jo, Isabella Gomes, Joseph Flack, Nicole Salazar-Austin, Gavin Churchyard, Richard E. Chaisson, David W. Dowdy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258953702030451X