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Increase in Tuberculosis Cases among Prisoners, Brazil, 2009-2014(1). Emerging infectious diseases Bourdillon, P. M., Gonçalves, C. C., Pelissari, D. M., Arakaki-Sanchez, D., Ko, A. I., Croda, J., Andrews, J. R. 2017; 23 (3): 496-499
Abstract
During 2009-2014, incarceration rates in Brazil rose 34%, and tuberculosis (TB) cases among prisoners rose 28.8%. The proportion of national TB cases that occurred among prisoners increased from 6.2% to 8.4% overall and from 19.3% to 25.6% among men 20-29 years of age.
View details for DOI 10.3201/eid2303.161006
View details for PubMedID 28221118