Impact of mass-screening on tuberculosis incidence in a prospective cohort of Brazilian prisoners

BACKGROUND: Globally, prison inmates are a high-risk population for tuberculosis (TB), but the specific drivers of disease and impact of mass screening interventions are poorly understood. METHODS: We performed a prospective cohort study to characterize the incidence and risk factors for tuberculosi...

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Autores principales: Paião, Dayse Sanchez Guimarães, Lemos, Everton Ferreira, Carbone, Andrea da Silva Santos, Sgarbi, Renata Viebrantz Enne, Junior, Alexandre Laranjeira, da Silva, Fellipe Matos, Brandão, Letícia Marques, dos Santos, Luciana Squarizi, Martins, Vaneli Silva, Simionatto, Simone, Motta-Castro, Ana Rita Coimbra, Pompílio, Maurício Antônio, Urrego, Juliana, Ko, Albert Icksang, Andrews, Jason Randolph, Croda, Julio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5048439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27716170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1868-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5048439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27716170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1868-5

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