Duration of Symptoms Prior to Pediatric and Adolescent Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Its Impact on Schooling in Tanzania: A Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT: At least a third of tuberculosis (TB) cases remain undiagnosed, disproportionately so in children and adolescents, which is hampering global elimination goals. Prolonged symptom duration presents a high-risk scenario for childhood TB in endemic areas, but the prolonged period of symptoms and its impact on educational attainment are rarely documented. Using a mixed method approach, we aimed to quantify the duration of respiratory symptoms and describe their impact on education among children from a rural area of Tanzania. We used data from a prospectively enrolled cohort of children and adolescents aged 4-17 years in rural Tanzania at the start of active TB treatment. We report on the cohort's baseline characteristics and explore the correlation between duration of symptoms and other variab

SUBMITTER: Ilaiwy G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10540103 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature