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PRISONS AS RESERVOIR FOR COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION OF TUBERCULOSIS, BRAZIL
Sacchi, Flávia P. C. et al. | Date Issued: 2015
Author
Sacchi, Flávia P. C.
Praça, Renata M.
Tatara, Mariana B.
Simonsen, Vera
Ferrazoli, Lucilaine
Croda, Mariana G.
Suffys, Philip N.
Ko, Albert I.
Andrews, Jason R.
Croda, Julio
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Universidade Federal de Grande Dourados. Dourados, MS, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Grande Dourados. Dourados, MS, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Grande Dourados. Dourados, MS, Brasil.
Instituto Adolfo Lutz. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Instituto Adolfo Lutz. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Grande Dourados. Dourados, MS, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Yale University School of Public Health. New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Stanford University School of Medicine. Stanford, California, USA.
Universidade Federal de Grande Dourados. Dourados, MS, Brasil.
Abstract
We conducted a population-based study of tuberculosis (TB) cases in Dourados, Brazil, to assess the relationship between incarceration and TB in the general population. Incarceration was associated with TB in an urban population; 54% of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains were related to strains from persons in prisons. TB control in prisons is critical for reducing disease prevalence.
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População carcerária
Dourados, MS
 
Keywords
Tuberculosis
Brazil
Prisons
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Incarcerated population
 
DeCS
Prisões
Tuberculose
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
 
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Citation
SACCHI, Flávia P. C. et al. Prisons as Reservoir for Community Transmission of Tuberculosis, Brazil. Emerging Infectious Diseases, v. 21, n.3, p.452-455, Mar. 2015.
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1080-6040