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. 2017 Jun 5;12(6):e0178873. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178873

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