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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