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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Respir Med. 2017 Dec 19;6(4):276–286. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(17)30497-6

Figure 1. Study profile of symptom-based approaches assessed for child contact investigation, Kampala, Uganda*.

Figure 1

*Symptomatic contacts included contacts with any tuberculosis-related symptoms, including chronic cough, fever, night sweats, haemoptysis, weight loss, and loss of appetite. Chronic cough was defined as a continuous, non-remitting cough present for >3 weeks. Fever was defined as body temperature of >38°C for 14 days, after exclusion of common causes such as malaria or pneumonia. Weight loss was defined as reporting of weight loss or failure to thrive with confirmatory evidence from the child’s growth chart. Haemoptysis was defined as the expectoration of blood from the lung airways or parenchyma. Night sweats and loss of appetite were self-reported by children and parents. Asymptomatic contacts included children with cough of <3 weeks’ duration or fever of <2 weeks’ duration, or both.