Open AccessSubstantial Overlap Between Incarceration and Tuberculosis in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011
Author(s) -
Maryam B. Haddad,
Mary Foote,
Susan M. Ray,
David Maggio,
Rose-Marie F. Sales,
Min Kim,
Russell R. Kempker,
Anne C. Spaulding
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofu041
Subject(s) - medicine , atlanta , tuberculosis , prison , demography , pediatrics , gerontology , family medicine , criminology , pathology , metropolitan area , sociology
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.
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