Volume 12, Number 5—May 2006
THEME ISSUE
Tuberculosis Special Section
Research
Tuberculosis Transmission Attributable to Close Contacts and HIV Status, Malawi
Amelia C. Crampin*†, Judith R. Glynn*
, Hamidou Traore*, Malcolm D. Yates‡, Lorren Mwaungulu†, Michael Mwenebabu†, Steven D. Chaguluka†, Sian Floyd*, Francis Drobniewski‡, and Paul E.M. Fine*
, Hamidou Traore*, Malcolm D. Yates‡, Lorren Mwaungulu†, Michael Mwenebabu†, Steven D. Chaguluka†, Sian Floyd*, Francis Drobniewski‡, and Paul E.M. Fine*Table 3
Proportion of clustered strains with epidemiologic links
| No. with epidemiologic links within a cluster | Total with clustered strains | % with link | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 84 | 754 | 11.1 | |
| No. bands | ||||
| >5 | 72 | 679 | 10.6 | |
| <5 | 12 | 75 | 16.0 | |
| Cluster size (strains with >5 bands only) | ||||
| Cluster 2–4 | 18 | 187 | 9.6 | |
| Cluster 5–9 | 24 | 152 | 15.8 | |
| Cluster >10 | 30 | 340 | 8.8 | |
