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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2019

Contact Investigation of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients: A Mixed-Methods Study from Myanmar.

Aye Mon Phyo, Ajay M V Kumar, Kyaw Thu Soe, Khine Wut Yee Kyaw, Aung Si Thu, Pyae Phyo Wai, Sandar Aye, Saw Saw, Htet Myet Win Maung, Si Thu Aung

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Article in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10 authors.

Aye Mon PhyoTB Department, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), Mandalay 15021, Myanmar.ORCID 0000-0002-1705-0683
Ajay M V KumarCentre for Operational Research, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), 75006 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0003-1011-8531
Kyaw Thu SoeDepartment of Medical Research (Pyin Oo Lwin Branch), Ministry of Health and Sports, Pyin Oo Lwin 05081, Myanmar.ORCID 0000-0003-0969-8815
Khine Wut Yee KyawCentre for Operational Research, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), 75006 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0709-484X
Aung Si ThuTB Department, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), Mandalay 15021, Myanmar.
Pyae Phyo WaiTB Department, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), Mandalay 15021, Myanmar.
Sandar AyeTB Department, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), Mandalay 15021, Myanmar.
Saw SawDepartment of Medical Research, Ministry of Health and Sports, Yangon 11191, Myanmar.
Htet Myet Win MaungNational Tuberculosis Programme, Ministry of Health and Sports, Nay Pyi Taw 15011, Myanmar.
Si Thu AungNational Tuberculosis Programme, Ministry of Health and Sports, Nay Pyi Taw 15011, Myanmar.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is no published evidence on contact investigation among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients from Myanmar. We describe the cascade of contact investigation conducted in 27 townships of Myanmar from January 2018 to June 2019 and its implementation challenges. This was a mixed-methods study involving quantitative (cohort analysis of programme data) and qualitative components (thematic analysis of interviews of 8 contacts and 13 health care providers). There were 556 MDR-TB patients and 1908 contacts, of whom 1134 (59%) reached the health centres for screening (chest radiography and symptoms). Of the latter, 344 (30%) had presumptive TB and of them, 186 (54%) were investigated (sputum microscopy or Xpert MTB/RIF

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