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Risk Factors for Tuberculosis (TB) Among Household Contacts of Patients With Smear-Positive TB in 8 Provinces of Vietnam: A Nested Case-Control Study.

Kavindhran VelenNguyen Viet NhungNguyen Thu AnhPham Duc CuongNguyen Binh HoaNguyen Kim CuongNguyen Huy DungDinh Ngoc SyWarwick John BrittonGuy Barrington MarksGreg James Fox
Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
Household contacts remain an important key population for TB prevention and control. TB programs should ensure effective contact investigations are implemented for household contacts, particularly those with additional risk factors for developing TB.
Keyphrases
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • pulmonary tuberculosis
  • public health
  • case control