Drop-out from the tuberculosis contact investigation cascade in a routine public health setting in urban Uganda: A prospective, multi-center study.
Mari Armstrong-HoughPatricia TurimumahoroAmanda J MeyerEmmanuel OchomDiana BabiryeIrene AyakakaDavid MarkJoseph GgitaAdithya CattamanchiDavid DowdyFrank MugabeElizabeth FairJessica E HabererAchilles KatambaJ Lucian DavisPublished in: PloS one (2017)
Major opportunities exist for improving the effectiveness and yield of TB contact investigation by increasing the proportion of index households completing screening visits by lay health workers and the proportion of at-risk contacts completing TB evaluation.