Prediction and prevention of tuberculosis in contacts

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands. Electronic address: s.m.arend@lumc.nl.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands.

Comment

Sandra M Arend et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;17(12):1237.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30640-0.

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands. Electronic address: s.m.arend@lumc.nl.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands.

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Prediction and prevention of tuberculosis in contacts - Authors' reply.
Saunders MJ, Wingfield T, Tovar MA, Baldwin MR, Datta S, Evans CA. Saunders MJ, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Dec;17(12):1238-1239. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30642-4. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017. PMID: 29173882 No abstract available.

A score to predict and stratify risk of tuberculosis in adult contacts of tuberculosis index cases: a prospective derivation and external validation cohort study.
Saunders MJ, Wingfield T, Tovar MA, Baldwin MR, Datta S, Zevallos K, Montoya R, Valencia TR, Friedland JS, Moulton LH, Gilman RH, Evans CA. Saunders MJ, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Nov;17(11):1190-1199. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30447-4. Epub 2017 Aug 18. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017. PMID: 28827142 Free PMC article.