Active tuberculosis in household contacts of bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis patients: A multicenter study finding the ‘Missed One’ in Central Ethiopia

• Getachew Seid ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gech1365@gmail.com

  Affiliations Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8708-386X

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• Ayinalem Alemu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Getu Diriba,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Michael Hailu,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Amanuel Wondimu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Mengistu Tadesse,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Gemechu Tadesse,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Solomon H Mariam,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Balako Gumi

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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