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To determine the effect of contact tracing on the treatment outcomes of index tuberculosis (T cases in Uganda. We evaluated TB cases registered at an urban public health facility in Uganda in 2015-2020. We extracted data from the unit's TB and contact tracing registers. Treatment outcomes were classified as cure, loss to follow-up, death and treatment failure. Treatment success was the sum of cure and treatment completion. Among 778 TB cases, contact tracing was conducted for 455 (58.5%). Compared with cases without contract