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| Title: | Tuberculosis in household contacts of infectious cases in Kampala, Uganda |
| Authors: | Guwatudde, D.
Nakakeeto, M
Jones-Lopez, E. C.
Maganda, A.
Chiunda, A.
Mugerwa, R. D.
Ellner, J. J.
Bukenya, G.
Whalen, C. C. |
| Keywords: | Cohort studies
Disease transmission
Risk
Risk factors
Tuberculosis
Uganda
Infectious diseases
Pulmonary tuberclosis
Lung diseases
HIV/AIDS
Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Issue Date: | 2003 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Citation: | Guwatudde, D., Nakakeeto, M., Jones-Lopez, E.C., Maganda, A., Chiunda, A., Mugerwa, R.D., Ellner, J.J., Bukenya, G., Whalen, C.C. (2003). Tuberculosis in household contacts of infectious cases in Kampala, Uganda. American Journal of Epidemiology, 158(9) |
| Abstract: | Tuberculosis remains a serious threat to public health, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. To determine the host and environmental factors responsible for tuberculosis in African households, the authors performed a prospective cohort study of 1,206 household contacts of 302 index cases with tuberculosis enrolled in Uganda between 1995 and 1999. All contacts were systematically evaluated for active tuberculosis and risk factors for
active disease. Among the 1,206 household contacts, 76 secondary cases (6%) of tuberculosis were identified. Of these cases, 51 were identified in the baseline evaluation, and 25 developed during follow-up. Compared with index cases, secondary cases presented more often with minimal disease. The risk for secondary tuberculosis was greater among young children than adults (10% vs. 1.9%) and among human immunodeficiency virusseropositive than -seronegative contacts (23% vs. 3.3%). Host risk factors could not be completely separated from the effects of environmental risk factors, suggesting that a household may represent a complex system of interacting risks for tuberculosis. |
| URI: | DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg227
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1700 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9262 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Articles (Health-Sciences)
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