Active tuberculosis in household contacts of bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis patients: A multicenter study finding the ‘Missed One’ in Central Ethiopia
Home-to-home TB contact screening have high active TB yield and implementable in both rural and urban areas of the nation only by mentoring and motivating the health extension workers. Proximity to bacteriologically confirmed TB patient for long time exposes household contacts for active TB. Scheduling convenient times and last-mile service delivery to contacts is very important to address the missed active TB cases in the community.
Authors
- Balako Gumi
- Solomon H Mariam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5213-6044)
- Getu Diriba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0166-682X)
- Getachew Seid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8708-386X)
- Amanuel Wondimu
- Michael Hailu
- Ayinalem Alemu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5307-8774)
- Mengistu Tadesse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9390-0355)
- Gemechu Tadesse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8417-1651)
Institutions
- Ethiopian Public Health Institute (ET)
- Addis Ababa University (ET)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316903
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.58