Prevalence of patients with respiratory symptoms through active case finding and diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis among prisoners and related predictors in a jail in the city of Carapicuíba, Brazil Prevalência de sintomáticos respiratórios através da busca ativa, diagnóstico de tuberculose pulmonar entre pessoas privadas de liberdade e fatores associados em uma cadeia pública no município de Carapicuíba, Brasil

• Main Authors: Amadeu A. Vieira (Author), Sandra A. Ribeiro (Author), Ana M. de Siqueira (Author), Vera M. N. Galesi (Author), Laedi A. R. dos Santos (Author), Jonathan E. Golub (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Prisons offer a fertile setting for the transmission of tuberculosis due to the presence of many classic risk factors for both infection and disease: overcrowding, poor ventilation, and little sunlight. Prisoners are often malnourished and have poor hygiene and are more likely to have a...