House-hold contact tuberculosis screening adherence and associated factors among tuberculosis patients attending at health facilities in Gondar town, northwest, Ethiopia

Abstract Background Contacting patients with tuberculosis have a substantial risk of developing the disease. Household contact screening has recently been recommended as a strategy to enhance case detection in high-burden countries. But there is no enough information in Gondar town regarding househo...

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Main Authors: Dessie Alemnew Shiferaw, Habtamu Sewunet Mekonnen, Addisu Taye Abate
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4695-7