Contact Investigation of Children Exposed to Tuberculosis in South East Asia A Systematic Review.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Tropical Medicine Volume 2012, Article ID 301808, 6 pages doi:10.1155/2012/301808 Review Article Contact Investigation of Children Exposed to Tuberculosis in South East Asia: A Systematic Review Rina Triasih,1, 2, 3 Merrin Rutherford,4 Trisasi Lestari,5 Adi Utarini,5 Colin F. Robertson,3 and Stephen M. Graham2, 6 1 Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta 55284, Indonesia 2 Centre for International Child Health, Department of Paediatrics and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia 3 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia 4 Center for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin 9050, New Zealand 5 Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia 6 Child Lung Health, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 75006 Paris, France Correspondence should be addressed to Rina Triasih, rina triasih@ Received 17 August 2011; Revised 30 September 2011; Accepted 2 October 2011 Academic Editor: Abu Syed Golam Faruque Copyright © 2012 Rina Triasih et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Background. Screening of children who are household contacts of tuberculosis (TB) cases is universally recommended but rarely implemented in TB endemic setting. This paper aims to summarise published data of the prevalence of TB infection and disease among child contacts in South East Asia. Methods. Search strategies w