CDC STACKS serves as an archival repository of CDC-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other public health information authored or co-authored by CDC or funded partners.
As a repository, CDC STACKS retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.
i
Risk for Prison-to-Community Tuberculosis Transmission, Thailand, 2017–2020
-
3 2023
-
Source: Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(3):477-483
Details:
-
Alternative Title:Emerg Infect Dis
-
Personal Author:
-
Description:To determine contributions of previously incarcerated persons to tuberculosis (TB) transmission in the community, we performed a healthcare facility-based cohort study of TB patients in Thailand during 2017-2020. We used whole-genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients to identify genotypic clusters and assess the association between previous incarceration and TB transmission in the community. We identified 4 large genotype clusters (>10 TB patients/cluster); 28% (14/50) of the patients in those clusters were formerly incarcerated. Formerly incarcerated TB patients were more likely than nonincarcerated patients to be included in large clusters. TB patients within the large genotype clusters were geographically dispersed throughout Chiang Rai Province. Community TB transmission in the community was associated with the presence of formerly incarcerated individuals in Thailand. To reduce the risk for prison-to-community transmission, we recommend TB screening at the time of entry and exit from prisons and follow-up screening in the community.
-
Subjects:
-
Source:
-
Pubmed ID:36823074
-
Pubmed Central ID:PMC9973682
-
Document Type:
-
Volume:29
-
Issue:3
-
Collection(s):
-
Main Document Checksum:
-
Download URL:
-
File Type: