ArticleThe international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease2013
Tuberculosis among the homeless, United States, 1994-2010.
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- Strategies to improve vaccination rates in people who are homeless: A systematic review.Vaccine · 2022Pooled it
- Inadequate housing and pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- Care Cascade for targeted tuberculosis testing and linkage to Care in Homeless Populations in the United States: a meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2018Pooled it
- Infectious Diseases Among People Experiencing Homelessness: A Systematic Review of the Literature in the United States and Canada, 2003-2022.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Pooled it
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- What We (Don't) Know About the Infectious Disease Burden Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness in the United States and Canada.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2025Review
- Analysis of vulnerabilities and negatives outcomes of tuberculosis treatment in the Municipality of São Paulo, 2019 and 2021.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2025Article
- The American Association of Tissue Banks tissue donor screening for Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Recommended criteria and literature review.Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society · 2024Review
- Risk factors underlying racial and ethnic disparities in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment outcomes, 2011-19: a multiple mediation analysis of national surveillance data.The Lancet. Public health · 2024Article
- WHO's end of TB targets: unachievable by 2035 without addressing under nutrition, forced displacement, and homelessness: trend analysis from 2015 to 2022.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Invasive Pneumococcal Disease and Potential Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Among Adults, Including Persons Experiencing Homelessness-Alaska, 2011-2020.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2024Article
- Early diagnosis and meta-agnostic model visualization of tuberculosis based on radiography images.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Using Electronic Health Record Data to Measure the Latent Tuberculosis Infection Care Cascade in Safety-Net Primary Care Clinics.AJPM focus · 2023Article
- Factors associated with unsuccessful tuberculosis treatment among homeless persons in Brazil: A retrospective cohort study from 2015 to 2020.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in homeless individuals in the Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectives1) To describe homeless persons diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) during the period 1994-2010, and 2) to estimate a TB incidence rate among homeless persons in the United States.
methodsTB cases reported to the National Tuberculosis Surveillance System were analyzed by origin of birth. Incidence rates were calculated using the US Department of Housing and Urban Development homeless population estimates. Analysis of genotyping results identified clustering as a marker for transmission among homeless TB patients.
resultsOf 270,948 reported TB cases, 16,527 (6%) were homeless. The TB incidence rate among homeless persons ranged from 36 to 47 cases per 100,000 population in 2006-2010. Homeless TB patients had over twice the odds of not completing treatment and of belonging to a genotype cluster. US- and foreign-born homeless TB patients had respectively 8 and 12 times the odds of substance abuse.
conclusionsCompared to the general population, homeless persons had an approximately 10-fold increase in TB incidence, were less likely to complete treatment and more likely to abuse substances. Public health outreach should target homeless populations to reduce the excess burden of TB in this population.
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