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MK Meder Kadyrov
PT Pruthu Thekkur
EG Evgenia Geliukh
AS Aelita Sargsyan
OG Olga Goncharova
AK Aizat Kulzhabaeva
AK Asel Kadyrov
MK Mohammed Khogali
AH Anthony D. Harries
AK Abdullaat Kadyrov
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Screened for TPT: All child household contacts for whom there was an indication of screening for symptoms suggestive of TB in the medical card of the index TB patients or contact medical record.

Presumptive TB: All child household contacts with either symptom suggestive of TB or an abnormal chest X-ray.

Eligible for TPT: In this study, this refers to all TB-free child household contacts aged less than 5 years and child household contacts aged 5 to 15 years with positive TST (no details on the exact size of induration).

TPT completed: All child household contacts for whom there is an indication of completion of TPT in the medical card of index TB patients or contact medical record.

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