title: Pilot implementation of a contact tracing intervention for tuberculosis case detection in Kisumu County, Kenya.
abstract: Leveraging an existing community health strategy, a contact tracing intervention was piloted under routine programmatic conditions at three facilities in Kisumu County, Kenya. Data collected during a 6-month period were compared to existing programmatic data. After implementation of the intervention, we found enhanced programmatic contact tracing practices, noting an increase in the proportions of index cases traced, symptomatic contacts referred, referred contacts presenting to a facility for tuberculosis screening, and eligible contacts started on isoniazid preventive therapy. As contact tracing is scaled up, health ministries should consider the adoption of similar contact tracing interventions to improve contact tracing practices.
authors.affiliation: Division of Global HIV & Tuberculosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Volkmann
authors.affiliation: Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu County, Kenya.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Okelloh
authors.affiliation: Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu County, Kenya.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Agaya
authors.affiliation: Division of Global HIV & Tuberculosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cain
authors.affiliation: Division of Leprosy, Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Ministry of Health, Kisumu County, Kenya.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ooko
authors.affiliation: Division of Leprosy, Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Ministry of Health, Kisumu County, Kenya.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Malika
authors.affiliation: Division of TB Elimination, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Burton
keywords: active case finding; community health volunteer; community health worker; contact investigation; sputum culture