Letter to the Editor

In the recent article “Assessment of tuberculosis contact investigation in Shanghai, China: An 8-year cohort study,” Jiang and colleagues assessed the yield of TB contact tracing and its role in active case finding [1]. Their conclusions state that familial contacts were more likely to acquire TB from the index, whil e most non-familial contacts were infected from sources in the community, indicating a need to prioritize familial contacts in future TB contact investigations in China.

Source: Tuberculosis - October 5, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Lauren A. Saag, Peter F. Rebeiro Source Type: research