LIS Latent TB infection phase 1 and 2 2009

Malawi, 2008 - 2012

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Reference ID

MWI-MEIRU-TB-LIS-2008-v01

Producer(s)

Dr. Anne Ben-Smith, Prof. Amelia C Crampin

Collections

Karonga HDSS Karonga -District-wide

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Nov 14, 2025

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Reason for recruitment (reason)

Data file: tb_tbi

Overview

Valid: 2684

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Reason for recruitment

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	TB case	645	24%
2	Well control	791	29.5%
3	Sick control	481	17.9%
4	Long term infection	295	11%
5	Detected TB case	0	0%
6	TB suspect	472	17.6%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	0

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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Notes

Available in versions -, 01, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 16
If version = 01/02/03 then reason must = 1, 2 or 3, If version = 04 then reason must = 1, 2, 3 or 4 If version = 09 or 10 then reason must = 1, 3 or 6, If version = 11 then reason must = 4 or 6

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