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Tuberculosis in the Prisons in the Republic of Macedonia, 2008-2017

Author(s) -

Biljana Ilievska-Poposka,

Maja Zakoska,

Karolina Pilovska-Spasovska,

Ljiljana Simonovska,

Vladimir Mitreski

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

open access macedonian journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288

H-Index - 17

ISSN - 1857-9655

DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2018.281

Subject(s) - medicine , overcrowding , tuberculosis , epidemiology , population , prison , incidence (geometry) , transmission (telecommunications) , environmental health , pediatrics , demography , family medicine , law , pathology , physics , electrical engineering , optics , sociology , political science , engineering

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major health problem in penitentiary institutions (prisons), and its prevalence was reported to be multiple times higher compared to that of the general population. Conditions such as overcrowding, malnutrition and limited access to medical care which often exist in prisons increase the risk of reactivation, transmission and poor prognosis of tuberculosis disease among inmates.

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