Table 2. Characteristics and yield of household vs. school contacts among index cases.
A) School contact investigations | |||||||
School Type | School Contacts | FemaleGender | Age < 15 years | Positive TB Screen | Sputum Collected | GeneXpert Positive | |
IC 1 | Primary | 736 | 367 | 709 | 55 | 37 | 0 |
IC2, IC5 | Primary^ | 461 | 269 | 448 | 33 | 17 | 0 |
IC 3 | Primary | 229 | 132 | 205 | 32 | 24 | 0 |
IC 4 | Primary | 244 | 127 | 232 | 15 | 13 | 0 |
IC 6 | Secondary | 119 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
IC 7 | Primary | 226 | 98 | 160 | 42 | 41 | 0 |
Total N | 2015 | 1065 | 1754 | 177 | 132 | 0 | |
% | 53 | 87 | 9 | 75* | 0 | ||
B) Household contact investigations | |||||||
Home vs. facility screen | Household Contacts | FemaleGender | Age < 15 years | Positive TB Screen | Sputum Collected | GeneXpert Positive | |
IC 1 | Facility | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
IC 2 | Home | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
IC 3 | Facility | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
IC 4 | Home | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
IC 5 | Facility | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
IC 6 | Facility | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
IC 7 | Home | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Total N | 40 | 25 | 15 | 24 | 19 | 1 | |
% | 63 | 38 | 60 | 79* | 5 |
* percentage denominator equals total with positive TB symptom screens
^ denotes index cases that attended the same school