ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2020
Public Health Response to Tuberculosis Outbreak among Persons Experiencing Homelessness, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 2017-2018.
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- 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
- A mixed methods evaluation of a motivational enhancement intervention to increase SARS-CoV-2 testing among people experiencing houselessness and people who inject drugs.Psychological services · 2025Trial
- Guidance for infectious disease care in the face of human conflict: a case-based narrative review.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2025Review
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 in Homeless People from Urban Shelters: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2023).Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Molecular surveillance for large outbreaks of tuberculosis in the United States, 2014-2018.Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2022Article
- Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Youth Housing and Homelessness Services.Child & adolescent social work journal : C & A · 2022Article
- Substance Use Among Residents of Homeless Shelters During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings From France.International journal of public health · 2022Article
- Implementation of rapid and frequent SARS-CoV2 antigen testing and response in congregate homeless shelters.PloS one · 2022Article
- Assessment of contact tracing for COVID-19 among people experiencing homelessness, Salt Lake County Health Department, March-May 2020.Annals of epidemiology · 2021Article
- A Framework for Sustainable Contact Tracing and Exposure Investigation for Large Health Systems.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2020Review
- COVID-19 and people experiencing homelessness: challenges and mitigation strategies.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2020Article
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Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is a greater risk for populations experiencing homelessness. When a TB exposure occurs in a homeless shelter, evaluation of contacts is both urgent and challenging. In 2017, local public health workers initiated a response to a TB outbreak in homeless shelters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. In this contact investigation, we incorporated multiple techniques to identify, evaluate, and manage patients, including the concentric-circle method to characterize amount of contact, identifying the most frequent sites of sporadic medical care, using electronic medical records, and engaging with medical providers treating this population. Of 298 contacts evaluated, 41 (14%) had latent TB infection and 2 had active TB disease. Our analysis indicated a significant relationship between duration of exposure and positive TB test result (p = 0.001). We encourage local public health departments to expand beyond traditional contact tracing techniques by leveraging partnerships and existing systems to reach contacts exposed in shelters.
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