Decentralising screening and preventive treatment among children exposed to tuberculosis in the household

Florian M Marx¹, Abigail de Villiers²

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¹ Division of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Center for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Electronic address: florian.marx@uni-heidelberg.de.
² Division of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Center for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.

PMID: 37918418
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00503-X

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Decentralising screening and preventive treatment among children exposed to tuberculosis in the household

Florian M Marx et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2023 Dec.

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. 2023 Dec;11(12):e1836-e1837.

doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00503-X. Epub 2023 Oct 30.

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Florian M Marx¹, Abigail de Villiers²

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¹ Division of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Center for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Electronic address: florian.marx@uni-heidelberg.de.
² Division of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Center for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.

PMID: 37918418
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00503-X

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Effectiveness of a community-based approach for the investigation and management of children with household tuberculosis contact in Cameroon and Uganda: a cluster-randomised trial.
Bonnet M, Vasiliu A, Tchounga BK, Cuer B, Fielding K, Ssekyanzi B, Tchakounte Youngui B, Cohn J, Dodd PJ, Tiendrebeogo G, Tchendjou P, Simo L, Okello RF, Kuate Kuate A, Turyahabwe S, Atwine D, Graham SM, Casenghi M; CONTACT study group. Bonnet M, et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2023 Dec;11(12):e1911-e1921. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00430-8. Epub 2023 Oct 30. Lancet Glob Health. 2023. PMID: 37918417 Clinical Trial.

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