Expanding tuberculosis case detection by screening household contacts

Public Health Reports

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 271-277

  Becerra, Mercedes C ^a,b   Pachao Torreblanca, Iliana F ^b   Bayona, Jaime ^b   Celi, Rosa ^c   Shin, Sonya S ^b,d   Kim, Jim Yong ^a,b   Farmer, Paul E ^a,b   Murray, Megan ^e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^c MINISTERIO DE SALUD   (Peru)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERU; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 18244387427     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490512000309     Document Type: Article

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