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Table 4 Numbers of Syrian refugees screened for TB as contacts, Jordan, 2013–2015, and Lebanon, 2015

From: An evaluation of a tuberculosis case-finding and treatment program among Syrian refugees—Jordan and Lebanon, 2013–2015

Jordan

Year

2013, n

2014, n

2015, n

Number of Syrian refugees screened for TB as contacts of index TB cases

220

120

180

Number of incident TB cases among Syrian refugees found through contact investigations

3

8

2

Number of Syrian refugee contacts screened to find one active TB case (Number of refugee contacts screened /number of incident cases found)

73.3

15.0

90.0

Lebanon

Year

  

2015, n

Number of Syrian refugees screened for TB as contacts of index TB cases

  

450

Number of incident TB cases among Syrian refugees found through contact investigations

  

15

Number of Syrian refugee contacts screened to find one active TB case (Number of refugee contacts screened /number of incident cases found)

  

30.0