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Table 3 Estimated median TB management time, and TB infectious pool in Ethiopia, 2018

From: Tuberculosis infectious pool and associated factors in East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia

Category of TB cases

Number of PTB cases per year: Number (%)

TB management time in days

Infectious period in days

Total annual infectious person-days

New registered PTB cases (n = 327)

 Smear-positive

125 (38.2)

82

117

14,625

 Smear-negative

202 (61.8)

   

 Smear-negative culture positive

115 (57.0)

113

113

12,995

Retreatment registered cases (n = 21)

 Default

7 (33.3)

197

253

1771

 Failure

8 (38.1)

278

334

2672

 Relapse

6 (28.6)

142

198

1188

Not registered cases

 Undiagnosed cases

123 (51.0)

365

365

44,895

 The total annual infectious pool

  

78,031