High Utility of Contact Investigation for Latent and Active Tuberculosis Case Detection among the Contacts: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Tbilisi, Georgia, 2010–2011

• Tsira Chakhaia ,

  * E-mail: tschakhaia@gmail.com

  Affiliation University Research Co., LLC. Branch in Georgia, USAID Georgia TB Prevention Project, Tbilisi, Georgia

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• Matthew J. Magee,

  Affiliations Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Departments of Epidemiology and Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Russell R. Kempker,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Medea Gegia,

  Affiliation University Research Co., LLC. Branch in Georgia, USAID Georgia TB Prevention Project, Tbilisi, Georgia

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• Leila Goginashvili,

  Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Tbilisi, Georgia

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• Ucha Nanava,

  Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Tbilisi, Georgia

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• Henry M. Blumberg

  Affiliations Departments of Epidemiology and Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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