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Prisons as Reservoir for Community Transmission of Tuberculosis, Brazil

Flávia Patussi Correia Sacchi, Renata M. Praça, Mariana Bento Tatara, Vera Simonsen, Lucilaine Ferrazoli, Mariana Garcia Croda, Philip Noël Suffys, Albert I. Ko, Jason R. Andrews, Júlio Croda

Emerging infectious diseases · 2015 · 111 citations · 12 references

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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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