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. 2015 May 1;93(7):498–502. doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.145649

Table 1. Outcomes of active case finding for tuberculosis in a camp for internally displaced persons and a slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 2010–2013.

Location Time period Residents identified with cough ≥ 2 weeks, No. Patients receiving sputum microscopy, No. (%) Cases of pulmonary tuberculosis,a No. Sputum smear-positive cases,a No. (%) Incidence of tuberculosis/ 100 000 person-years
Internally displaced persons camp 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 282 176 (62%) 34 22 (65) 693
Cité de Dieu Slum 17 August 2011 to 16 August 2013 1420 unknownb 233 183 (79) 1165

a Tuberculosis cases were either smear-positive, or diagnosed by a combination of symptoms and chest radiograph findings.

b It is unknown how many of the 1420 coughing patients had smear microscopy. Of the 233 patients with active TB, 212 had a sputum smear.