ArticleBMC public health2013
Active pulmonary tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection among homeless people in Seoul, South Korea: a cross-sectional study.
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- Inadequate housing and pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Prevalence of Smear-Positive, Rifampicin-ResistantInfection and drug resistance · 2024Article
- Association of duration of undernutrition with occurrence of tuberculosis.BMC public health · 2022Article
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- Prevalence of latent tuberculosis in homeless persons: A single-centre cross-sectional study, Germany.PloS one · 2019Article
- High prevalence of latent tuberculosis and bloodborne virus infection in a homeless population.Thorax · 2018Article
- Trends in Infectious Disease Mortality, South Korea, 1983-2015.Emerging infectious diseases · 2018Article
- Efficacy and Safety of Infliximab Therapy and Predictors of Response in Korean Patients with Crohn's Disease: A Nationwide, Multicenter Study.Yonsei medical journal · 2016Article
- Smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis and associated factors among homeless individuals in Dessie and Debre Birhan towns, Northeast Ethiopia.Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials · 2016Article
- The health of homeless people in high-income countries: descriptive epidemiology, health consequences, and clinical and policy recommendations.Lancet (London, England) · 2014Review
- A comparison between passive and active case finding in TB control in the Arkhangelsk region.International journal of circumpolar health · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to determine the prevalence rate of latent TB infection (LTBI) and active TB among homeless in Seoul metropolitan city, South Korea, and to compare the TB burden among homeless people with that of a control group.
methodsThe homeless participants were recruited from five sites between October 30, 2009 and April 12, 2010. LTBI was diagnosed through the QuantiFERON(R) TB Gold In-Tube(QFT-GIT) assay and a tuberculin skin test(TST) and, and active PTB was diagnosed based on chest radiography.
resultsAmong 313 participants, the prevalence of LTBI was 75.9% (95% CI, 71.1-80.8%) and 79.8% (95% CI, 74.9-84.7%) based on a QFT-GIT assay and the TST, respectively, and that of active PTB was 5.8% (95% CI, 3.2-8.3%). The prevalence of LTBI among homeless participants was about five times higher than controls. Also, the age-specific prevalence rate ratio of active PTB was as high as 24.86.
conclusionsThe prevalence rate of LTBI as well as active PTB among homeless people was much higher than that of the general population in South Korea. Thus, adequate strategies to reduce the TB burden among homeless people are needed.
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