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Volume 26, Number 8—August 2020
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Tuberculosis in Internationally Displaced Children Resettling in Harris County, Texas, USA, 2010–20151

Gabriella S. Lamb2Comments to Author , Andrea T. Cruz, Elizabeth A. Camp, Michelle Javier, Jessica Montour, Tamisha Piper, Umair A. Shah, and Jeffrey R. Starke
Author affiliations: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA (G.S. Lamb, A.T. Cruz, E.A. Camp, M. Javier, J.R. Starke); US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Austin, Texas, USA (J. Montour); Harris County Public Health Refugee Health Screening Program, Houston (T. Piper, U.A. Shah)

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Table 2

Demographic variables of internationally displaced children, Harris County, Texas, USA, 2010–2015*

Higher-risk groups
Lower-risk groups
Refugee, n = 4,246
 Asylee, n = 173
 VHT, n = 16
 Parolee, n = 851
 SIV holder, n = 704
Demographics
 Age, y, median (IQR) 8 (4–12) 9 (5–12) 11.5 (7–15) 9 (5–13) 4 (2–8) <0.001†
Female sex
 2,025 (47.7)
 81 (46.8)
 7 (43.8)
404 (47.5)
 304 (43.2)
 0.281‡
WHO region of origin
 Eastern Mediterranean 1,414 (33.3) 89 (51.4) 0 0 704 (100.0) <0.001‡
Southeast Asia 1,416 (33.3) 7 (4.0) 1 (6.3) 0 0
Africa 1,202 (28.3) 40 (23.1) 0 0 0
America 183 (4.3) 31 (17.9) 12 (75.0) 851 (100.0) 0
Western Pacific 18 (0.4) 2 (1.2) 1 (6.3) 0 0
European
 13 (0.3)
 4 (2.3)
 2 (12.5)
0
 0
Underlying conditions HIV infected 22 (0.5) 0 0 1 (0.1) 2 (0.3) <0.001‡
Pathogenic parasites detected in feces 328 (17.1) 18 (11.3) 2 (12.5) 98 (12.5) 115 (17.9) <0.001‡

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. Percentages reflect those for whom the information was available. IQR, interquartile range; SIV, special immigrant visa; VHT, victim of human trafficking; WHO, World Health Organization.
†p value using Kruskal-Wallis test.
‡p value using χ2 test.

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1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the North American Union TB Conference, February 28–March 3, 2018, Chicago, IL, USA.

2Current affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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