Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2017)

Increase in Tuberculosis Cases among Prisoners, Brazil, 2009–2014

  • Paul M. Bourdillon,
  • Crhistinne C.M. Gonçalves,
  • Daniele Maria Pelissari,
  • Denise Arakaki-Sanchez,
  • Albert I. Ko,
  • Julio Croda,
  • Jason R. Andrews

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161006
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 3
pp. 496 – 499

Abstract

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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.

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