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. 2015 Oct 13;10(10):e0138323. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138323

Table 2. Overview of findings: number of children seen in non-NTP facilities, diagnosed with suspect or confirmed tuberculosis, but not reported to NTP (by country, (May–July 2013).

Indonesia Nigeria Pakistan
Nr Facilities identified and screened 64 45 35
Nr Facilities seeing paediatric TB patients 53 20 35
Total Nr Paediatric patients (all cause) 108,000 16,000 115,000
Nr additional paediatric TB patients unreported (limited nr sites, 3 month period) 985 24 463
Total nr new paediatric cases TB reported to WHO 2013 26,054 5,776 28,113
Estimated equivalent nr unreported / year (in sites surveyed: NOT equivalent to national) 3,940 96 1,852
Total nr of cases found compared in absolute nrs to annual reports to WHO (limited sites, 3 months) 3.5% 2% 4%
Annual additional cases found, as % relative to annual reports to WHO (estimates from the limited sites) 15% 2% 7%