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Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) Household Contact study: a study protocol, statistical analysis and modelling plan

2024-10-23

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Household case-contact studies are an established method to estimate the relative infectiousness of people with pulmonary tuberculosis. Testing of child household contacts with a QuantiFERON TB Gold plus (QFT) assay provides a proxy measure of M. tuberculosis infection in exposed household members. This study aims to generate data about the effect of antiretroviral treatment (ART) and of tuberculosis symptoms on...

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10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22974.1
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