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Volume 27, Number 3—March 2021
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Effectiveness of Preventive Therapy for Persons Exposed at Home to Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Karachi, Pakistan

Amyn A. MalikComments to Author , Neel R. Gandhi, Timothy L. Lash, Lisa M. Cranmer, Saad B. Omer, Junaid F. Ahmed, Sara Siddiqui, Farhana Amanullah, Aamir J. Khan, Salmaan Keshavjee, Hamidah Hussain1, and Mercedes C. Becerra1
Author affiliations: Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (A.A. Malik, N.R. Gandhi, T.L. Lash); Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (A.A. Malik, S.B. Omer); Global Health Directorate, Indus Health Network, Karachi, Pakistan (A.A. Malik, J.F. Ahmed, S. Siddiqui); Interactive Research and Development, Singapore (A.A. Malik, A.J. Khan, H. Hussain); Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta (N.R. Gandhi, L.M. Cranmer); Emory + Children’s Pediatric Institute, Atlanta (L.M. Cranmer); The Indus Hospital, Karachi (F. Amanullah); Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (A.J. Khan, S. Keshavjee, M.C. Becerra); Partners In Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (S. Keshavjee, M.C. Becerra); Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston (S. Keshavjee, M.C. Becerra)

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Figure 2

Risk ratios for effectiveness of preventive therapy using data from published studies and a summary measure in study of preventive therapy for persons exposed at home to drug-resistant tuberculosis, Karachi, Pakistan, February 2016–March 2017. Solid line on y axis indicates null. Dotted line indicates pooled estimate of preventive therapy effectiveness. Blue diamond indicates 95% CI. Small diamonds indicate point estimates of preventive therapy effectiveness using data from each study with its CI. RR, risk ratio.

Figure 2. Risk ratios for effectiveness of preventive therapy using data from published studies and a summary measure in study of preventive therapy for persons exposed at home to drug-resistant tuberculosis, Karachi, Pakistan, February 2016–March 2017. Solid line on y axis indicates null. Dotted line indicates pooled estimate of preventive therapy effectiveness. Blue diamond indicates 95% CI. Small diamonds indicate point estimates of preventive therapy effectiveness using data from each study with its CI. RR, risk ratio.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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