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Observational Study
. 2018 Mar;24(3):514-523.
doi: 10.3201/eid2403.170785.

Prospective Observational Study of Incidence and Preventable Burden of Childhood Tuberculosis, Kenya

Andrew J Brent, Christopher Nyundo, Joyce Langat, Caroline Mulunda, Joshua Wambua, Evasius Bauni, Joyce Sande, Kate Park, Thomas N Williams, Charles R J Newton, Michael Levin, J Anthony G Scott; KIDS TB Study Group
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Observational Study

Prospective Observational Study of Incidence and Preventable Burden of Childhood Tuberculosis, Kenya

Andrew J Brent et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: Kenya; TB; bacteria; case detection rate; chemoprophylaxis; children; contact tracing; epidemiology; incidence; isoniazid; preventable burden; prevention; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria.

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Figure 1
Kilifi District and the Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance Survey area (darker gray shading), showing administrative districts, Kilifi County Hospital (black square), and other tuberculosis treatment facilities (white squares), Kenya, 2010.
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Figure 2
TB patient enrollment and disease classifications, Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance Survey, Kenya, August 2009–July 2011. A total of 141 children were not investigated (27 died, 40 were discharged, 3 were transferred, 1 self-discharged before workup completed, 30 defaulted outpatient follow-up, 40 had no reason documented). At KDH, 108/1,042 (10%) children investigated were identified through active contact tracing (2 confirmed TB, 4 highly probable TB, 87 not TB, 15 not classifiable). CPGH, Coast Provincial General Hospital; KDH, Kilifi District Hospital; KHDSS, Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance Survey; TB, tuberculosis.
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