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The risk of tuberculosis in children after close exposure: a systematic review and individual-participant meta-analysis

Martinez, Leonardo; Cords, Olivia; Horsburgh, C Robert; Andrews, Jason R.
Lancet; 395 (10228), 2020
Background: Tens of millions of children are exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis globally every year; however, there are no contemporary estimates of the risk of developing tuberculosis in exposed children. The effectiveness of contact investigations and preventive therapy remains poorly understood. Me...
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/diagnosis, Disease Transmission, Infectious, Mass Screening/methods, Age Factors, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/epidemiology, Contact Tracing, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/transmission, Family Characteristics, Mozambique/ethnology
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Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease detected by echocardiographic screening

Marijon, Eloi; Ou, Phalla; Celermajer, David S; Ferreira, Beatriz; Mocumbi, Ana Olga; Jani, Dinesh; Paquet, Christophe; Jacob, Sophie; Sidi, Daniel; Jouven, Xavier.
N. Engl. j. med; 357 (5), 2007
Background: Epidemiologic studies of the prevalence of rheumatic heart disease have used clinical screening with echocardiographic confirmation of suspected cases. We hypothesized that echocardiographic screening of all surveyed children would show a significantly higher prevalence of rheumatic heart dis...
Cambodia/epidemiology, Echocardiography, Mass Screening/methods, Rheumatic Heart Disease/diagnosis, Rheumatic Heart Disease/diagnostic imaging, Rheumatic Heart Disease/epidemiology, Mozambique/epidemiology
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