Reducing Household Tuberculosis Transmission: A Pilot Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
Isolation and restrictive measures after tuberculosis treatment initiation proved challenging and did not reduce tuberculosis infections in HHCs, suggesting limited benefit for transmission control.
Authors
- Alejandra Pizarro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6612-1011)
- Carlos Peña (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5263-5572)
- Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3544-5021)
- María Elvira Balcells (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7223-9665)
- Víctor Neira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3366-9045)
- Kasim Allel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2144-7181)
- Patricia García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5983-2392)
- Cinthya Ruiz-Tagle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4712-3302)
- Margarita Bernales (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-8927)
- Luís Villarroel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9603-937X)
- Salvador Vargas-García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1277-0232)
- Romina Seguel
Institutions
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CL)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile (CL)
- Nuffield Health (GB)
- Hospital Metropolitano (EC)
- Hospital San Borja Arriarán (CL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf526
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00