Children as sentinels of tuberculosis transmission: disease mapping of programmatic data

Children as sentinels of tuberculosis transmission: disease mapping of programmatic data

Abstract Background Identifying hotspots of tuberculosis transmission can inform spatially targeted active case-finding interventions. While national tuberculosis programs maintain notification registers which represent a potential source of data to investigate transmission patterns, high local tube...

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Main Authors: Kenneth S. Gunasekera, Jon Zelner, Mercedes C. Becerra, Carmen Contreras, Molly F. Franke, Leonid Lecca, Megan B. Murray, Joshua L. Warren, Ted Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Spatial
Hotspot
Tuberculosis
Modeling
Age-structure
Pediatric
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-020-01702-x

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