Household Contact Screening and Yield of Tuberculosis Cases-A Clinic Based Study in Chennai, South India.
BACKGROUND:Contact investigation is an active case finding strategy to increase detection of Tuberculosis (TB) and a key component of TB control programs. The household contacts are at a higher risk of exposure than members of the general population. The information on the value and yield of househo...
Main Authors: | Dina Nair, Nandita Rajshekhar, Joel Shyam Klinton, Basilea Watson, Banurekha Velayutham, Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Mohideen Shaheed Jawahar, Soumya Swaminathan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5008766?pdf=render |
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