Comparative meta-analysis of tuberculosis contact investigation interventions in eleven high burden countries.

Screening of household contacts of tuberculosis (TB) patients is a recommended strategy to improve early case detection. While it has been widely implemented in low prevalence countries, the most optimal protocols for contact investigation in high prevalence, low resource settings is yet to be deter...

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Main Authors: Lucie Blok, Suvanand Sahu, Jacob Creswell, Sandra Alba, Robert Stevens, Mirjam I Bakker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4374904?pdf=render