Active contact tracing beyond the household in multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Vietnam: a cohort...
Active contact tracing beyond the household in multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Vietnam: a cohort study
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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English
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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Currently in Vietnam contact tracing for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) entails passive case finding among symptomatic household contacts who present themselves for diagnosis. Close contacts of MDR-TB cases are therefore not identified adequately. We assessed the added value of active contact tracing within and beyond households using so...
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Active contact tracing beyond the household in multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Vietnam: a cohort study
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_b7f8a8b9cfdb4b2987047d5f12a005eb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_b7f8a8b9cfdb4b2987047d5f12a005eb
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1471-2458
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1471-2458
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10.1186/s12889-019-6573-z
