title: Editorial commentary: Contact tracing in children exposed to an index case of tuberculosis: the need, the challenge, and the impact.
authors.affiliation: Head of Paediatric Pulmonology, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
authors.forename: Prakash M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Jeena
mesh_terms: D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: challenges; children; contact tracing; impact