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A systematic review of the investigation and management of close contacts of tuberculosis in China

Author(s) -

Enwu Liu,

Shiming Cheng,

Xiaorong Wang,

Daiyu Hu,

Tao Zhang,

Cordia Chu

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdq032

Subject(s) - medicine , contact tracing , tuberculosis , china , index (typography) , environmental health , index case , family medicine , covid-19 , geography , pathology , outbreak , disease , archaeology , world wide web , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty)

Contact investigation is a logical approach to intensified case finding in China. However, currently there are no written national guidelines. The aim of this study is to review the published literature that describes the procedures followed by local level and report the yield for active tuberculosis (TB) cases.

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