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Should NICE reconsider the 2016 UK guidelines on TB contact tracing? A cost-effectiveness analysis of contact investigations in London
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  • Sean M Cavany TB Modelling Group, TB Centre and CMMID, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK Statistics, Modelling and Economics Department, Public Health England, London, UK Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, United States PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Emilia Vynnycky TB Modelling Group, TB Centre and CMMID, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK Statistics, Modelling and Economics Department, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Charlotte S Anderson Field Epidemiology Service, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Helen Maguire Field Epidemiology Service, Public Health England, London, UK Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Frank Sandmann Statistics, Modelling and Economics Department, Public Health England, London, UK CMMID, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • H Lucy Thomas Respiratory Diseases Department, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Richard G White TB Modelling Group, TB Centre and CMMID, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tom Sumner TB Modelling Group, TB Centre and CMMID, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Sean M Cavany, Statistics, Modelling and Economics Department, Public Health England, London NW9 5EQ, UK; scavany{at}nd.edu
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Cavany SM, Vynnycky E, Anderson CS, et al
Should NICE reconsider the 2016 UK guidelines on TB contact tracing? A cost-effectiveness analysis of contact investigations in London
Thorax 2019;74:185-193.

Publication history

  • Received February 9, 2018
  • Revised July 8, 2018
  • Accepted July 30, 2018
  • First published August 18, 2018.
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September 01, 2022

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