TABLE 1.

Characteristics of the index cases

	Smear-positive n (%)	Smear-negative n (%)	Total n (%)
Index cases	242 (58)	176 (42)	418
Index cases with children	162 (67)	112 (64)	274 (66)
Number of children in households, mean ± SD	2 ± 1.26	2 ± 1.26	2 ± 1.26
Median age of index case, median [IQR]	32 [26–39]	35 [26–43]	33 [26–40]
HIV-infected index case	138 (56)	125 (71)	263 (63)
Index case females	115 (48)	86 (49)	202 (48)

SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile range; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus.