A systematic review of the investigation and management of close contacts of tuberculosis in China

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-466

  Liu, Eryong ^a   Cheng, Shiming ^a   Wang, Xuejing ^a   Hu, Dongmei ^a   Zhang, Tianhao ^b   Chu, Cordia ^c  

^a National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

contact investigation; contact tracing; household contact; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; screening; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

CHINA; CONTACT TRACING; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78649542358     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdq032     Document Type: Review

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