The Association Between Social Network Characteristics and Tuberculosis Infection Among Adults in Nine Rural Ugandan Communities.
Carina MarquezYiqun ChenMucunguzi AtukundaGabriel ChamieLaura B BalzerJoel KirondeEmmanuel SsemmondoFlorence MwangwaJane KabamiAsiphas OwaraganiseElijah KakandeRachel AbbottBob SsekyanziCatherine KossMoses R KamyaEdwin D CharleboisDiane V HavlirMaya L PetersenPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
Social networks with higher centrality, more men, contacts with HIV, and TB infection, were positively associated with TB infection. TB transmission within measurable social networks may explain prevalent TB not associated with a household contact. Further study on network-informed TB case finding interventions is warranted.