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Table 5 TB contact investigations of Syrian index cases, Lebanon, 2015

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

Lebanon
Year: 2015 Agreement between number of close contacts reported and number of contacts investigated or more contacts investigated than number reported, n (%) Number of close contacts reported exceeded number of contacts investigated, n (%) Odds ratio from bivariate analysis (95% CI)
Total Syrian index cases with household contacts listed (n = 126) 98 (77.8) 28 (22.2) n/a
Type of TB
 Pulmonary (n = 94) 70 (74.5) 24 (25.5) 0.4 (0.1–1.3)
 Extra-pulmonary (n = 32) 28 (87.5) 4 (12.5) Ref
Sex
 Male (n = 74) 58 (78.4) 16 (21.6) 1.1 (0.5–2.5)
 Female (n = 52) 40 (76.9) 12 (23.1) Ref
Age group
 Less than 5 years (n = 7) 7 (100) 0 (0) 5.1 (0.3–91.4)
 5–14 years (n = 7) 7 (100) 0 (0) 5.1 (0.3–91.4)
 15 years or greater (n = 112) 84 (75.0) 28 (25.0) Ref