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...
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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Format: | Article |
Sprog: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-01-01
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Serier: | PLoS ONE |
Online adgang: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215322 |
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