Yield of tuberculosis among household contacts of tuberculosis patients in Accra, Ghana
Abstract Background The End TB Strategy calls for systematic screening of selected high-risk groups including contacts of tuberculosis (TB) cases to facilitate early TB case detection. Contact investigation is not usually routinely practiced in low TB burden countries, such as Ghana, with consequent...
Main Authors: | Sally-Ann Ohene, Frank Bonsu, Nii Nortey Hanson-Nortey, Adelaide Sackey, Samuel Danso, Felix Afutu, Paul Klatser, Mirjam Bakker |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-02-01
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Series: | Infectious Diseases of Poverty |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-018-0396-5 |
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