High Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Prisoners, Tianjin, China

The high incidence of tuberculosis (TB) among prisoners calls for interventions to identify latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) before disease onset. To identify LTBI prevalence among prisoners and factors associated with it, we conducted a cross-sectional study in Tianjin. We randomly sampled 959...

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Main Authors: Guoqin Zhang, Yuhua Zhang, Da Zhong, Sukai Meng, Liqun An, Wenliang Wei, Zhi Zhang, Yanyong Fu, Xiexiu Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/3/19-0891_article