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Study reference | Country | Setting | Reason for testing | Age | Children with BCG immunisation | Children without BCG immunisation | Active TB (%) |
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Dogra et al. 2007 [4]a | India | Rural Medical School | Suspect cases or contacts | Median: 6.0 years (range 1 to 12) | 86 | 19 | 10.5 |
Chun et al. 2008 [5] | South Korea | Municipal Children’s Hospital | Close and casual contacts and cases | Median 3.2 years (range 0–15.8) | 145 | — | 3.0 |
Taylor et al. 2008 [6] | United Kingdom | Municipal Hospital | Contacts | Mean 10 years (range 4 to 16) | 45 | — | 10.9 (suspected) |
Nicol et al. 2009 [7] | South Africa | Semirural population | Suspected tuberculosis or contacts | Median 1.5 years (IQR 1.1 to 2) | 214 | — | 26.8 |
Bakir et al. 2009 [1] | Turkey | Municipal clinics | Contacts | Median 7 years (IQR 3 to 11) | 652 | 209 | 1.3 |
Soon et al. 2010 [8] | South Korea | Municipal Hospital | Contacts | Median 5 years | 26 | — | 21.2 |
Stefan et al. 2010 [9] | South Africa | Municipal Hospital | Children newly diagnosed with cancer | Median 7 years (range 0.1 to 15) | 29 | — | 2.9 |
Méndez- Echevarría et al. 2011 [10] | Spain | Municipal Hospitals | Immigrants from endemic areas, contacts, and cases | Mean age 4.73 (range 0.1 to 15) | 213 | 246 | 14.8 |
Kasambira et al. 2011 [11] | South Africa | Rural clinics, District Hospital | Contacts | Median age 6 years (IQR 3 to 9) | 236 | — | 19.0 |
Moyo et al. 2011 [12] | South Africa | Rural district | Contacts and suspected cases | Median 1.9 years (range 0.75 to 2.83) | 376 | — | 13.1 |
Nkurunungi et al. 2012 [13] | Uganda | Municipal Hospital | Population based screening | 5 years | 300 | — | 0.3 |
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