Timing and predictors of disease incidence among named contacts of reported tuberculosis patients in a low incidence setting

Michael Asare-Baah; Lori Johnston; Lina Dominique; Michael Lauzardo; Marie Nancy Séraphin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0313801

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Timing and predictors of disease incidence among named contacts of reported tuberculosis patients in a low incidence setting

Michael Asare-Baah,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2409-2061

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Lori Johnston,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
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Lina Dominique,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
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Michael Lauzardo,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Marie Nancy Séraphin

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: nseraphin@ufl.edu

Affiliations Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Timing and predictors of disease incidence among named contacts of reported tuberculosis patients in a low incidence setting

Michael Asare-Baah,
Lori Johnston,
Lina Dominique,
Michael Lauzardo,
Marie Nancy Séraphin

Published: May 7, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313801

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