Defining adequate contact for transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an African urban environment

• Main Authors: María Eugenia Castellanos (Author), Sarah Zalwango (Author), Robert Kakaire (Author), Mark H. Ebell (Author), Kevin K. Dobbin (Author), Juliet Sekandi (Author), Noah Kiwanuka (Author), Christopher C. Whalen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The risk of infection from respiratory pathogens increases according to the contact rate between the infectious case and susceptible contact, but the definition of adequate contact for transmission is not standard. In this study we aimed to identify factors that can explain the l...