Declining incidence rate of tuberculosis among close contacts in five years post-exposure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Declining incidence rate of tuberculosis among close contacts in five years post-exposure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Individuals in close contact with active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients showed a high risk of recent infection and, once infected, higher risk of developing active TB in the following years post-exposure. But the peak time of active disease onset is unclear. This study aims...

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Main Authors: Ying Du, Yijun He, Haoran Zhang, Fei Shen, Ling Guan, Henan Xin, Yongpeng He, Xuefang Cao, Boxuan Feng, Zhusheng Quan, Jianmin Liu, Lei Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-06-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Close contact
Incidence
Tuberculosis
Post-Exposure
Meta-analysis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08348-z

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08348-z

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