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Table 4 Repartition of presumptive and TB cases in prisons/region

From: A cost–benefit algorithm for rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance detection during mass screening campaigns

Regions

Number of Prisons

Prison capacity or number of inmates

PTB-Presumptive cases TB-LAMP

Percentage (%)

TB-LAMP Positive

Percentage (%)

TB-LAMP Positive cases Xpert MTB/RIF

RR Xpert MTB/RIF

Percentage (%)

Adamaoua

2

1729

256

14.81

19

7.42

19

0

0.00

Centre

11

7590

1502

19.79

57

3.79

57

3

5.26

East

4

1333

372

27.91

7

1.88

7

0

0.00

Far-North

4

1619

226

13.96

7

3.10

7

0

0.00

Littoral

3

1090

626

57.43

12

1.92

12

0

0.00

North

2

589

241

40.92

6

2.49

6

0

0.00

South

4

1077

270

25.07

11

4.07

11

0

0.00

West

4

672

179

26.64

4

2.23

4

0

0.00

Total

34

15699

3672

23.39

123

3.35

123

3

2.44

  1. TB-LAMP loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for tuberculosis