SETTING
Thyolo district, rural Malawi.
OBJECTIVES
To compare passive with active case finding among household contacts of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients for 1) TB case detection and 2) the proportion of child contacts aged under 6 years who are placed on isoniazid (INH) preventive therapy.
DESIGN
Cross-sectional study.
METHODS
Passive and active case finding was condu...
