Screening for tuberculosis among 2381 household contacts of sputum-smear-positive cases in The Gambia

Dolly Jackson-Sillaha, Philip C. Hill a,∗, Annette Foxa, Roger H. Brookesa,Simon A. Donkora, Moses D. Lugosa, Stephen R.C. Howiea,Katherine R. Fielding b, Adama Jallowc, Christian Lienhardtd,Tumani Corraha, Richard A. Adegbolaa, Keith P. McAdama Summary Contact investigation is a key component of tuberculosis (TB) control in developed,but not developing, countries. We aimed to measure the prevalence of TB among householdcontacts of sputum-smear-positive TB cases in The Gambia and to asses ...