1.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 21(3): 452-5, 2015 Mar.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25642998
RESUMO
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.