Tuberculosis in household contacts of tuberculosis patients in sub-Saharan African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex causes tuberculosis, a severe public health problem. Close contacts of someone who has active pulmonary tuberculosis were at a greater risk of contracting the disease. Despite the large number of primary research available in Sub-Saharan African nations, there are no systematic reviews or meta-analyses that estimate the pooled prevalence of tuberculosis among tuberculosis patients' household contacts (HHC). Thus, this study aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence of tuberculosis in a household contact of tuberculosis patients in the sub-Saharan African region.

Methods

Potential papers were systematically searched from electronic databases (PubMed, Google scholar and web of science). To analyze the quality of the

SUBMITTER: Seid G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9678977 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature