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Tuberculosis in prisoners and their contacts in Chile: estimating incidence and latent infection

DOI

27

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0

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2015

Year

Ximena Aguilera, Claudia González, Manuel Nájera, Macarena Hirmas, Iris Delgado, Andrea Olea, Luis Lezaeta, Alisson Montaña, P. González, J-C Hormazábal,
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Abstract

Our results confirm that incarceration increases the risk of tuberculous infection and TB disease, and that it was associated not only with origin from vulnerable groups, but also with the prison environment. Reinforcing TB control is essential to prevent TB transmission in prisons.