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Active household contact screening for tuberculosis and provision of isoniazid preventive therapy to under-five children in Afghanistan.

Said Mirza SayediMohammad Khaled SeddiqMohammad K RashidiGhulam QaderNaser IkramMuluken MelesePedro Guillermo Suarez
Published in: PloS one (2020)
Program performance in contact screening in Afghanistan is high, at 81%, and the yield of TB is also high-close to 10 times higher than the national TB incidence rate. IPT initiation and completion rates are also high as compared to those of many other countries but need further improvement, especially for completion.
Keyphrases
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
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