Tuberculosis incidence among infected contacts detected through contact tracing of smear-positive patients.

Tuberculosis incidence among infected contacts detected through contact tracing of smear-positive patients.

<h4>Background</h4>The contacts of people with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) have a high risk of becoming infected and developing tuberculosis (TB). Our aim was to determine the incidence of TB and its risk factors in a cohort of contacts with latent TB infection (LTBI) detected through c...

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Main Authors: Mario Martin-Sanchez, Silvia Brugueras, Anna de Andrés, Pere Simon, Pilar Gorrindo, Miriam Ros, Eva Masdeu, Joan-Pau Millet, Joan A Caylà, Àngels Orcau, Contact Tracing Group of the Tuberculosis Investigation Unit of Barcelona
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215322

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