Household contact screening and yield of tuberculosis cases – a clinic based study in Chennai, South India
Evaluated yield of active cases of newly diagnosed smear positive TB patients
Abstract
Conducted a retrospective record review of the household contacts of newly diagnosed sputum smear positive patients (index case) enrolled in a clinical trial at National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai during the period 2007–2014.
This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development’s Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)
Citation
Nair D, Rajshekhar N, Klinton JS, Watson B, Velayutham B, Tripathy JP, et al. (2016) Household Contact Screening and Yield of Tuberculosis Cases —A Clinic Based Study in Chennai, South India. PLoS ONE 11(9): e0162090. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0162090