Table 1. Characteristics of Papua New Guinea residents infected with cross-border TB isolates, Torres Strait Protected Zone, 2010–2015, by lineage*.
| Characteristic |
Total no. (%) |
Lineage | p value† |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing |
Euro-American |
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| Age, y | 0.739 |
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| <15 | 19 (19.0) | 15 | 4 | |
| 15–24 | 31 (31.0) | 26 | 5 | |
| 25–34 | 24 (24.0) | 19 | 5 | |
| 35–49 | 18 (18.0) | 13 | 5 | |
|
>50 |
8 (8.0) |
6 |
2 |
|
| Year | 0.324 |
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| 2010 | 29 (29.0) | 22 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 42 (42.0) | 33 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 13 (13.0) | 12 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 (2.0) | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 8 (8.0) | 5 | 3 | |
| 2015 |
6 (6.0) |
6 |
0 |
|
| Sex | 0.876 |
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| F | 45 (45.0) | 35 | 10 | |
| M |
55 (55.0) |
44 |
11 |
|
| Sputum smear | 0.599 |
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| Negative | 46 (46.0) | 34 | 12 | |
| Positive |
54 (54.0) |
45 |
9 |
|
| HIV status | 0.234 |
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| Unknown | 26 (26.0) | 20 | 6 | |
| Negative | 73 (73.0) | 59 | 14 | |
| Positive |
1 (1.0) |
0 |
1 |
|
| Previous TB episode | 0.653 |
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| No | 87 (87.0) | 68 | 19 | |
| Yes |
13 (13.0) |
11 |
2 |
|
| Diagnostic delay, d | 0.484 |
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| 0–30 | 53 (53.0) | 44 | 9 | |
| 31–60 | 18 (18.0) | 14 | 4 | |
|
>61 |
29 (29.0) |
21 |
8 |
|
| MDR or XDR | <0.001 |
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| No | 69 (69.0) | 48 | 21 | |
| Yes |
31 (31.0) |
31 |
0 |
|
| Type of TB | 0.741 |
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| Pulmonary | 53 (53.0) | 43 | 10 | |
| Extrapulmonary | 7 (7.0) | 5 | 2 | |
| Both |
40 (40.0) |
31 |
9 |
|
| Started TB treatment | 0.472 |
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| No | 22 (22.0) | 15 | 7 | |
| Yes |
78 (78.0) |
64 |
14 |
|
| TB treatment outcome | 0.216 | |||
| Transferred or lost to follow-up | 66 (66.0) | 52 | 14 | |
| Cure or complete treatment | 22 (22.0) | 15 | 7 | |
| Defaulted | 3 (3.0) | 3 | 0 | |
| Died | 9 (9.0) | 9 | 0 | |
*MDR, multidrug resistant; TB, tuberculosis; XDR, extensively drug resistant. †p value calculated by using Fisher exact test.