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Table 2 Acquisition of tubercular infection (TST + ve) in children living with household adult TB patients

From: Tubercular infection in children living with adults receiving Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS): a follow up study

Visit

TB Infection (TST + ve)

n (%)

Children for TST

Age < 6 yrs

Age 6–14 yrs

Total

Recruitment

3 (5.5)

27 (36.9)

30 (23.4)

 

N = 55

N = 73a

N = 128

3 Months

0

18 (33.3)

18 (20.7)

90

N = 33b

N = 54

N = 87

6 Months

0

18 (58.1)

18 (26.9)

67

N = 36

N = 31

N = 67

9 Months

1 (2.8)

6 (85.7)

7 (16.3)

43

N = 36

N = 7

N = 43

  1. aTST not read in 24 children
  2. b3 children did not report
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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