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. In carceration 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 criti- cal for reducing disease prevalence.
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Sacchi, F. Á. V. P. C., Pra Ç A, R. M., Tatara, M. B., Simonsen, V., Ferrazoli, L., Croda, M. G., … Croda, J. (2015). Prisons as reservoir for community transmission of tuberculosis, brazil. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 21(3), 452–455. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2103.140896
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