Applying 'timeliness' to the screening and prevention of TB in household contacts of pulmonary TB patients

IJTLD Open. 2024 Feb 1;1(2):59-62. doi: 10.5588/ijtldopen.23.0615. eCollection 2024 Feb.

A D Harries^{1

2}, D Nair^{1

3}, P Thekkur^{1

3}, R Ananthakrishnan⁴, R Thiagesan⁴, J M Chakaya^{5

6}, I Mbithi⁵, B Jamil⁷, R Fatima⁸, M Khogali⁹, R Zachariah¹⁰, S Dar Berger¹, S Satyanarayana^{1

3}, A M V Kumar^{1

3

11}, A F Bochner¹², A McClelland¹²

¹ Center for Operational Research, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), Paris, France.
² Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
³ The Union South-East Asia Office, New Delhi.
⁴ REACH - Resource Group for Education and Advocacy for Community Health, Chennai, India.
⁵ Respiratory Society of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Dermatology and Therapeutics, Kenyatta University School of Medicine, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
⁸ Common Management Unit (TB, HIV/AIDS & Malaria), Islamabad, Pakistan.
⁹ Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of the United Arab Emirates, Al Ain, UAE.
¹⁰ United Nations Children Fund, United Nations Development Programme, World Bank, WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹¹ Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (deemed University), Mangalore, India.
¹² Resolve to Save Lives, New York City, NY, USA.

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