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Childhood tuberculosis in Dushanbe, Tajikistan

author(s) Pirov, K. - Sirojiddinova, U.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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  • Northern Europe
  • Europe
  • World
  • Central Asia
  • Asia
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Kadridin Pirov, Umriniso Sirojiddinova, Oktam Bobokhojaev, Rony Zachariah, Irina Lucenko,Azamdzhon Mirzoev, Serik Suleimenov, Zulfiya Dustmatova, Asliddin Rajabov, Martin van den Boom, Colleen Acosta (2016) Childhood tuberculosis in Dushanbe, Tajikistan

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Abstract

The authors undertook a retrospective cohort study of notified paediatric TB cases and household contacts in Dushanbe, Tajikistan from 2009 to 2013 to investigate trends in, and characteristics and outcomes of childhood TB cases, contact tracing and the proportion of eligible paediatric contacts who received IPT. 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

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