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Tuberculosis incidence in prisons: a systematic review.
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Primary Prophylaxis for Prevention of TB in Prison's Populations
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168 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 345 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in Malaysia: the first systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Epidemiology of TB in prisoners: a metanalysis of the prevalence of active and latent TB.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Pooled it
- Incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis in incarcerated populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Public health · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of interventions for reducing TB incidence in countries with low TB incidence: a systematic review of reviews.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2019Pooled it
- Dynamic Models of Infectious Disease Transmission in Prisons and the General Population.Epidemiologic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Age-Specific Global Prevalence of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, and Tuberculosis Among Incarcerated People: A Systematic Review.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Prisoners co-infected with tuberculosis and HIV: a systematic review.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2016Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Primary Prophylaxis to Prevent Tuberculosis Infection in Prison Inmates: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Trial
- Prevalence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Prison Inmates in Ethiopia, a Cross-Sectional Study.PloS one · 2015Trial
- The diagnostic accuracy of urine lipoarabinomannan test for tuberculosis screening in a South African correctional facility.PloS one · 2015Trial
- Tongue swab Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for tuberculosis diagnosis in Ethiopian prisons.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- A quasi-experimental study evaluating the effectiveness of a male-specific tuberculosis screening and diagnosis intervention in Uganda (IGNITE).BMC public health · 2026Article
- Investigation of an ongoing cluster of tuberculosis (TB) associated with prisons, England.Epidemiology and infection · 2026Article
- Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Prisons of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Critical Reflection on Structural Challenges and Gaps.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026Review
- Factors associated with false-negative results from the rapid molecular test for pulmonary tuberculosis in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Tuberculosis in prisons: an integrated prevention and care cascade for a persistent structural epidemic.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Using chest X-ray to screen for Tuberculosis on arrival to prison: A service evaluation.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- The Role of Community Networks in the Transmission and Persistence ofOpen forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Factors associated with survival of tuberculosis patients in Southeast Iran: comparison of stepwise cox regression, survival tree, and random survival forest.BMC public health · 2025Article
108 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundTransmission of tuberculosis (TB) in prisons has been reported worldwide to be much higher than that reported for the corresponding general population. METHODS AND
findingsA systematic review has been performed to assess the risk of incident latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and TB disease in prisons, as compared to the incidence in the corresponding local general population, and to estimate the fraction of TB in the general population attributable (PAF%) to transmission within prisons. Primary peer-reviewed studies have been searched to assess the incidence of LTBI and/or TB within prisons published until June 2010; both inmates and prison staff were considered. Studies, which were independently screened by two reviewers, were eligible for inclusion if they reported the incidence of LTBI and TB disease in prisons. Available data were collected from 23 studies out of 582 potentially relevant unique citations. Five studies from the US and one from Brazil were available to assess the incidence of LTBI in prisons, while 19 studies were available to assess the incidence of TB. The median estimated annual incidence rate ratio (IRR) for LTBI and TB were 26.4 (interquartile range [IQR]: 13.0-61.8) and 23.0 (IQR: 11.7-36.1), respectively. The median estimated fraction (PAF%) of tuberculosis in the general population attributable to the exposure in prisons for TB was 8.5% (IQR: 1.9%-17.9%) and 6.3% (IQR: 2.7%-17.2%) in high- and middle/low-income countries, respectively.
conclusionsThe very high IRR and the substantial population attributable fraction show that much better TB control in prisons could potentially protect prisoners and staff from within-prison spread of TB and would significantly reduce the national burden of TB. Future studies should measure the impact of the conditions in prisons on TB transmission and assess the population attributable risk of prison-to-community spread. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.
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