Exploring the promise and reality of ward-based primary healthcare outreach teams conducting TB household contact tracing in three districts of South Africa

• Candice M. Chetty-Makkan ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: cchetty@heroza.org

  Affiliations The Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office (HE2RO), Johannesburg, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9292-9586

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• Daniel deSanto,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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• Richard Lessells,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, TB Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation & Sequencing Platform, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Salome Charalambous,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Kavindhran Velen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Sewele Makgopa,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Dumile Gumede,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Durban University of Technology, Centre for General Education, Durban, South Africa

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• Katherine Fielding,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, TB Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Alison D. Grant

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, TB Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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