Table 2 Tuberculosis case detection in Tanzania using rats at APOPO and sputum-smear microscopy at DOT facilities by age and Mycobacterium bacillary load
TB by detection rats at APOPO lab | TB by smear at DOT lab | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Children | Adult | children | Adult | |||
Bacillary load (AFBa) | N | n (%) | n (%) | N | n (%) | n (%) |
scanty | 1364 | 74 (5) | 1290 (95) | 545 | 22 (4) | 523 (96) |
1+ | 339 | 12 (4) | 327 (96) | 522 | 6 (1) | 516 (99) |
2+ | 136 | 4 (3) | 132 (97) | 382 | 5 (1) | 377 (99) |
3+ | 47 | 1 (2) | 46 (98) | 336 | 5 (1) | 331 (99) |
Total | 1886 | 91 (5) | 1795 (95) | 1785 | 38 (2) | 1747 (98) |