Contact tracing of tuberculosis: a systematic review of transmission modelling studies.

The WHO recommended intervention of Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course (DOTS) appears to have been less successful than expected in reducing the burden of TB in some high prevalence settings. One strategy for enhancing DOTS is incorporating active case-finding through screening contacts of TB...

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Main Authors: Matt Begun, Anthony T Newall, Guy B Marks, James G Wood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24023742/pdf/?tool=EBI