Yield of household contact investigation of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in southern Ethiopia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15364810 |
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| Authors | Mubarek A Yassin (REACH ETHIOPIA, corresponding author), Kesetebirhan Delele Yirdaw (0000-0002-6237-2104), Daniel G Datiko (0000-0002-8556-3069, REACH ETHIOPIA), Luís E Cuevas (0000-0002-6581-0587, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine), Mohammed A Yassin (0000-0002-9766-2072, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 737-737 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-20 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMC Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458 |
| Publisher | BioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-020-08879-z |
| PMID | 32434507 |
| OpenAlex | W3028232326 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
HHCs of index PTB+ cases have high risk of developing active TB. Long term follow-up of HHCs could help improve TB case finding depending on country contexts. Further studies on effectiveness and feasibility of the approach and integration in routine settings are needed
Biostatistics · Contact tracing · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Environmental health · Incidence (geometry · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Pathology · Population · Public health · Pulmonary tuberculosis · Tuberculosis · Medicine · Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment · Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics · Surgery
| Highly cited | No |
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