Prevalence, risk factors and social context of active pulmonary tuberculosis among prison inmates in Tajikistan.

Prevalence, risk factors and social context of active pulmonary tuberculosis among prison inmates in Tajikistan.

SETTING: Tuberculosis (TB) is highly prevalent in prisons of the former Soviet Union. OBJECTIVE: To understand the behavioral, demographic and biological factors placing inmates in Tajikistan at risk for active TB. DESIGN: We administered a behavioral and demographic survey to 1317 inmates in two pr...

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Main Authors: Daniel E Winetsky, Olga Almukhamedov, Dilshod Pulatov, Natalia Vezhnina, Aizhan Dooronbekova, Baurzhan Zhussupov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3896449?pdf=render

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