Is the EU model for contact investigation applicable to high TB burden settings?
Contact investigation is the search for secondary cases of tuberculosis (TB) or latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among contacts of patients with a transmissible form of TB, usually smear-positive pulmonary disease. The aim is to detect those who have already started developing TB in order to ini...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-03-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220300710 |