Increase in Tuberculosis Cases among Prisoners, Brazil, 2009-20141

Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Mar;23(3):496-499. doi: 10.3201/eid2303.161006.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Brazil; Mycobacterium; TB; bacteria; prisoners; prisons; tuberculosis; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prisoners*
  • Prisons
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis / epidemiology*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents