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. 2019 Oct 22;14(10):e0223966. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223966

Table 2. Estimated probability1 of household and community transmission and the relative risk of household to community infection.

Values in parenthesis are the 95% credible intervals.

Probability of Household infection Probability of community infection RR (pH/pC)
BRAZIL
Young children 0.47 (0.21, 0.64) 0.13 (0.02, 0.38) 3.69 (0.59, 31.78)
Older children 0.51 (0.34, 0.63) 0.13 (0.03, 0.28) 3.84 (1.23, 23.09)
Adults 0.28 (0.13, 0.65) 0.50 (0.14, 0.64) 0.56 (0.20, 4.71)
UGANDA, OVERALL
Young children 0.36 (0.18, 0.56) 0.26 (0.07, 0.44) 1.36 (0.42, 8.47)
Older children 0.36 (0.19, 0.59) 0.35 (0.11, 0.51) 1.02 (0.40, 5.12)
Adults 0.32 (0.13, 0.67) 0.46 (0.11, 0.65) 0.70 (0.20, 5.98)
UGANDA, HIV+
Young children 0.46 (0.22, 0.62) 0.15 (0.02, 0.38) 3.21 (0.57, 26.76)
Older children 0.39 (0.19, 0.59) 0.28 (0.08, 0.47) 1.35 (0.42, 7.49)
Adults 0.31 (0.10, 0.65) 0.42 (0.09, 0.63) 0.73 (0.16, 7.46)
UGANDA, HIV-
Young children 0.23 (0.00, 0.47) 0.40 (0.18, 0.63) 0.57 (0.00, 2.58)
Older children 0.24 (0.08, 0.53) 0.49 (0.19, 0.64) 0.48 (0.12, 2.83)
Adults 0.19 (0.01, 0.58) 0.64 (0.25, 0.80) 0.30 (0.02, 2.28)

1 Results obtained from fitting a multivariate UPM model adjusted for lung cavitations on chest X-ray, AFB smear status, BCG scar, sharing a room with index case and household contact gender.