Is the EU model for contact investigation applicable to high TB burden settings?

Is the EU model for contact investigation applicable to high TB burden settings?

Contact investigation is the search for secondary cases of tuberculosis (TB) or latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among contacts of patients with a transmissible form of TB, usually smear-positive pulmonary disease. The aim is to detect those who have already started developing TB in order to ini...

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Main Author:	Jean-Pierre Zellweger
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:	International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220300710

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