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

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Madeeha Laghari (Συγγραφέας), Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman (Συγγραφέας), Amer Hayat Khan (Συγγραφέας), Bandeh Ali Talpur (Συγγραφέας), Zohra Bhatti (Συγγραφέας), Naheed Memon (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: BMC, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: 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...