Household point of care CD4 testing and isoniazid preventive therapy initiation in a household TB contact tracing programme in two districts of South Africa.

In South Africa, TB household contact tracing provides an opportunity for increased TB and HIV case finding. We aimed to determine the effect of two new potential interventions for TB contact tracing programmes: Point of Care CD4 (PoC CD4) on HIV linkage to care and household Isoniazid Preventive Th...

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Main Authors: Liesl Page-Shipp, James J Lewis, Kavindhran Velen, Sedikanelo Senoge, Elizabeth Zishiri, Flora Popane, Violet N Chihota, Dave Clark, Gavin J Churchyard, Salome Charalambous
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5834159?pdf=render