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Substantial Overlap Between Incarceration and Tuberculosis in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011

Authors :
Min Jung Kim
Russell R. Kempker
Anne C. Spaulding
David M. Maggio
Rose-Marie F. Sales
Mary K. Foote
Susan M. Ray
Maryam B. Haddad
Source :
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
Oxford University Press, 2014.

Abstract

Standard tuberculosis case reporting captures incarceration at diagnosis only. This retrospective analysis of 106 US-born adults with prevalent tuberculosis in 2011 found that 46.2% had documented histories of being in jail or prison, including 16.0% during the year before diagnosis.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
23288957
Volume :
1
Issue :
1
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....2b961491e56cf36e7dcd5931929a8c06