TABLE 2.
Characteristics of the child household contacts
| Smear-positive exposed n (%) |
Smear-negative exposed n (%) |
Total exposed n (%) |
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| Age <5 years | Age ≥5 years | Total | Age <5 years | Age ≥5 years | Total | Age <5 years | Age ≥5 years | Total | |
| Child contacts | 339 (58) | 241 (42) | 580 | ||||||
| Age, years | 101 (30) | 238 (70) | 339 | 71 (29) | 170 (71) | 241 | 172 (30) | 408 (70) | 580 |
| Symptomatic | 14 (14) | 17 (7) | 31 (9) | 9 (13) | 12 (7) | 21 (9) | 23 (13) | 29 (7) | 52 (9) |
| Cough >2 weeks | 10 (10) | 12 (5) | 22 (6) | 7 (10) | 10 (6) | 17 (7) | 17 (10) | 22 (5) | 39 (7) |
| Fever | 3 (3) | 8 (3) | 11 (3) | 5 (7) | 8 (5) | 13 (5) | 8 (5) | 16 (4) | 24 (4) |
| Night sweats | 3 (3) | 5 (2) | 8 (2) | 4 (6) | 6 (4) | 10 (4) | 7 (4) | 11 (3) | 18 (3) |
| Weight loss/failure to thrive | 6 (6) | 4 (2) | 10 (3) | 2 (3) | 4 (2) | 6 (2) | 8 (5) | 8 (2) | 16 (3) |
| HIV-infected | 3 (3) | 4 (2) | 7 (2) | 2 (3) | 3 (2) | 5 (2) | 5 (3) | 7 (2) | 12 (2) |
| Currently on TB treatment | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.5) | 1 (1) | 1 (0.6) | 2 (0.8) | 2 (1) | 2 (0.5) | 4 (0.7) |
| Children with HIV-infected index case | 55 (54) | 176 (74) | 231 (68) | 50 (70) | 126 (74) | 176 (73) | 105 (61) | 302 (74) | 407 (70) |
HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; TB = tuberculosis.