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ArticlemedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2024

The concentration of tuberculosis within Paraguay's incarcerated and Indigenous populations, 2018-2022.

Angélica Medina, Jacob Sussman, Natalia Sosa, Melissa Valdez, Jason R Andrews, Julio Croda, Gladys Estigarribia Sanabria, Guillermo Sequera, Sarita Aguirre, Katharine S Walter

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Angélica MedinaPrograma Nacional de Control de la Tuberculosis, Asunción, Paraguay.ORCID 0000-0003-4747-3086
Jacob SussmanUniversity of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-6773-7938
Natalia SosaPrograma Nacional de Control de la Tuberculosis, Asunción, Paraguay.
Melissa ValdezPrograma Nacional de Control de la Tuberculosis, Asunción, Paraguay.
Jason R AndrewsStanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
Julio CrodaFederal University of Mato Grosso do Sul - UFMS, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-6665-6825
Gladys Estigarribia SanabriaInstituto Regional de Investigación en Salud, Caaguazú, Paraguay.
Guillermo SequeraPrograma Nacional de Control de la Tuberculosis, Asunción, Paraguay.
Sarita AguirrePrograma Nacional de Control de la Tuberculosis, Asunción, Paraguay.
Katharine S WalterUniversity of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0065-2204

Funding

Leveraging within-host M. tuberculosis diversity data to enhance transmission inferenceK01AI173385 · NIAID · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Katharine Sassandra Walter · 2023 to 2026
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Abstract

While incidence of tuberculosis (TB) has decreased globally, in Paraguay, considered a medium-incidence country by the WHO, TB incidence has increased slightly from 42 per 100,000 in 2010 to 46 per 100,000 in 2022. We conducted a retrospective study of TB cases notified to the Paraguay National Program for Tuberculosis Control (NPTC) from 2018 to 2022 and quantified trends in specific populations identified as vulnerable. Of the 13,725 TB cases notified in Paraguay from 2018 to 2022, 2,331 (17%) occurred among incarcerated individuals and 1,743 (12.7%) occurred among self-identified Indigenous individuals. In 2022, the relative risk of TB was 87 and 6.4 among the incarcerated and Indigenous populations, compared with the non-incarcerated and non-Indigenous populations respectively. We found significant heterogeneity in TB incidence across Paraguay's 17 departments. Our findings highlight the urgency of expanding access to TB diagnosis, treatment, and prevention in populations at heightened risk of TB in Paraguay.

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epidemiologyincarcerationTuberculosis

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PMID38853839
PMCPMC11160893

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