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a Bacteriologically-confirmed TB cases could not be verified, so the value for smear-positive TB is shown instead.
Estimated age-specific prevalence of bacteriologically-confirmed pulmonary TB in national TB prevalence surveys implemented in Africa, 2008–2016. The pink line denotes the best estimate and the blue shaded areas are the 95% confidence intervals.
