Home-based tuberculosis contact investigation in Uganda: a household randomised trial

Introduction The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends household tuberculosis (TB) contact investigation in low-income countries, but most contacts do not complete a full clinical and laboratory evaluation. Methods We performed a randomised trial of home-based, SMS-facilitated, household TB con...

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Main Authors: J. Lucian Davis, Patricia Turimumahoro, Amanda J. Meyer, Irene Ayakaka, Emma Ochom, Joseph Ggita, David Mark, Diana Babirye, Daniel Ayen Okello, Frank Mugabe, Elizabeth Fair, Eric Vittinghoff, Mari Armstrong-Hough, David Dowdy, Adithya Cattamanchi, Jessica E. Haberer, Achilles Katamba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2019-07-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/5/3/00112-2019.full