High Prevalence of Infection and Low Incidence of Disease in Child Contacts of Patients with Drug-resistant Tuberculosis: a Prospective Cohort Study
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Huerga, HSanchez-Padilla, E
Melikyan, N
Atshemyan, H
Hayrapetyan, A
Ulumyan, A
Bastard, M
Khachatryan, N
Hewison, C
Varaine, F
Bonnet, M
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2018-12-06Submitted date
2019-02-01
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Archives of Disease in ChildhoodAbstract
We aimed to measure the prevalence and incidence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and tuberculosis (TB) disease in children in close contact with patients with drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) in a country with high DR-TB prevalence.Publisher
BMJPubMed ID
30523172Language
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1468-2044ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1136/archdischild-2018-315411
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