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Volume 30, Number 6—June 2024
Research

Chest Radiograph Screening for Detecting Subclinical Tuberculosis in Asymptomatic Household Contacts, Peru

Qi Tan1, Chuan-Chin Huang1, Mercedes C. Becerra, Roger Calderon, Carmen Contreras, Leonid Lecca, Judith Jimenez, Rosa Yataco, Jerome T. Galea, Jia-Yih Feng, Sheng-Wei Pan, Yen-Han Tseng, Jhong-Ru Huang, Zibiao Zhang, and Megan B. MurrayComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Q. Tan, C.-C. Huang, M.C. Becerra, M.B. Murray); Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston (C.-C. Huang, M.C. Becerra, Z. Zhang, M.B. Murray); Partners In Health—Socios En Salud Sucursal Peru, Lima, Peru (R. Calderon, C. Contreras, L. Lecca, J. Jimenez, R. Yataco); University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA (J.T. Galea); Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (J.-Y. Feng, S.-W. Pan, Y.-H. Tseng, J.-R. Huang); National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei (J.-Y. Feng, S.-W. Pan, Y.-H. Tseng, J.-R. Huang); Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston (M.B. Murray)

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Table 1

Baseline characteristics of adult tuberculin skin test–positive household contacts of TB patients, Peru*

Characteristic No. (%)
Age group. y
16–24 985 (22)
25–44 1,879 (42)
>45 1,642 (36)
Total
 4,506 (100)
Sex
F 2,624 (58)
M
 1,882 (42)
BCG-vaccinated 4,070 (90)
History of TB 1,017 (22)
HIV-positive 27 (1)
Diabetes mellitus 131 (3)
With no TB symptoms 3,610 (80)
Baseline chest radiograph performed 1,848 (41)
TB diagnosis received at baseline 252 (6)

*BCG, Bacillus Calmette–Guérin; TB, tuberculosis.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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