Contact screening and risk factors for TB among the household contact of children with active TB: a way to find source case and new TB cases

• Main Authors: Madeeha Laghari (Author), Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman (Author), Amer Hayat Khan (Author), Bandeh Ali Talpur (Author), Zohra Bhatti (Author), Naheed Memon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Source case investigation, for children with tuberculosis (TB), is conducted to establish the source of infection and to minimize the extent of on-going transmission from infectious persons in the community. The aim of the study was to evaluate the secondary TB cases and to inves...