Tuberculosis treatment loss to follow-up in children exposed at home: A prospective cohort study
In this cohort, more than 10% of children sick with TB who were exposed to the disease at home were LTFU. An integrated, family-centred TB prevention and management approach may reduce barriers to a child completing their course of TB treatment.
Authors
- Letizia Trevisi
- Megan Murray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0443-1986)
- Jerome Timothy Galea (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8732-6959)
- Leonid Lecca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1363-3985)
- Carmen Contreras (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6184-3819)
- Róger Calderón (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8932-0489)
- Rosa Yataco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4776-8733)
- Brittney van de Water (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0476-6295)
- Meredith B. Brooks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8431-5517)
- Mercedes C. Becerra
- Chuan‐Chin Huang
Institutions
- Boston College (US)
- Boston University (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of South Florida (US)
- EsSALUD (PE)
- Harvard Global Health Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Global Health
- Published
- 2024-08-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.14.04194
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.78