Review Article
Contact Investigation of Children Exposed to Tuberculosis in South East Asia: A Systematic Review
Table 2
The yields of household contact investigation among child contacts.
| Author | Country | Number of source case | Number of child contacts | Yield (%) for TB infection | Yield (%) for TB disease | <5 yo | 5–15 yo | <15 yo | <5 yo | 5–15 yo | <15 yo |
| Andrews et al. [18] | India | 191 | 398 | 16.2 | 53.6 | 38.8 | 9.2 | 3 | 5.5 | Narain et al. [16] | India | 75 | 790 | 5.5 | 36.5 | 24.4 | NR | NR | NR | Kumar et al. [17] | India | 50 | 142 | NR | NR | NR | 3.2 | NR | NR | Singh et al. [15] | India | 200 | 281 | 33.8 | NR | NR | 3.2 | NR | NR | Rathi et al. [24] | Pakistan | 77 | 151 | 7.8 | 21.8 | 29.6 | NR | NR | NR | Salazar-Vergara et al. [25] | Philippines | 62 | 153 | 51.2 | 76.9 | 69.2 | NR | NR | 3.3 | Tornee et al. [19] | Thailand | 325 | 480 | NR | NR | 47.8 | NR | NR | NR | Tornee et al. [20] | Thailand | 342 | 500 | NR | NR | 47.1 | NR | NR | NR | Iskandar et al. [22] | Indonesia | 54 | 61 | 10 | NR | NR | 16.4 | NR | NR | Nguyen et al. [23] | Lao | 72 | 148 | 26 | 35.7 | 31.1 | NR | NR | NR | Okada et al. [21] | Cambodia | 164 | 217 | 24 | NR | NR | 8.7 | NR | NR |
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NR: not reported.
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