Bibliographic information
GuidelineGuidance for national tuberculosis programmes on the management of tuberculosis in children
Year of Publication2014
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Maintained
All household contacts of an index case who is a person living with HIV should be counselled and tested for HIV
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Very low
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This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Originally Developed
Guideline
Recommendations for investigating contacts of persons with infectious tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries
Year2012
InstitutionWHO
Guideline
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Year2014
InstitutionWHO
Guideline
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Year2022
InstitutionWHO
Guideline
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Year2020
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Guideline
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Year2025
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