Risk of tuberculosis among pulmonary tuberculosis contacts: the importance of time of exposure to index cases

CONCLUSIONS: The risk of TB increases with the time of exposure to the index case and this risk is also higher in < 5 years and immigrants. Contact tracing has a high yield for detecting new cases of TB.PMID:38219967 | DOI:10.1016/j.annepidem.2024.01.004

Source: Annals of Epidemiology - January 14, 2024 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Sofia Godoy Ignasi Parr ón Joan-Pau Millet Joan A Cayl à N úria Follia Monica Carol Angels Orcau Miquel Alsed à Diana Toledo Pere Plans Gloria Ferr ús Irene Barrabeig Laura Clotet Angela Dom ínguez Pere Godoy Tuberculosis Transmission Working Group Source Type: research