Background: This cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the prevalence of and identify factors associated with latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection in prisoners of North West Frontier Province (NWFP).Methods: A stratified random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 425 from a total of 6607 male prisoners aged 18-60 years from the five central prisons of NWFP, Pakistan (Peshawar, Dera Ismail Khan, Haripur, Kohat, and Mardan). The selected inmates were interviewed using a structured pre-tested questionnaire; a Mantoux tuberculin skin test (TST) was also performed. Latent MTB infection status of the prisoner was determined by the size of the induration of the TST in the presence/absence of a previous BCG scar.R...
INTRODUCTION:Active tuberculosis (TB) and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) are a public health t...
ABSTRACT: Prisons represent a crucial setting for tuberculosis control. Currently, there is scarce i...
Background: Information on prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in Ethiopian prisons is non-existent, des...
Background: This cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the prevalence of and identify factor...
Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic and infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. When a p...
Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic, infectious and granulomatous disease caused by infection with Mycoba...
Objective: To determine the extent of pulmonary tuberculosis among prisoners in Karachi central jail...
Background: Prisons play an important role in the prevalence of Tuberculosis (TB) in a region. This ...
Background: Prisons have long been recognized as a high-risk environment for the transmission of Myc...
The high incidence of tuberculosis (TB) among prisoners calls for interventions to identify latent t...
Introduction: Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) is one of the major diseases of public health importance ...
Tuberculosis (TB) is the disease caused by the bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis which mos...
Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of previously undiagnosed active tuberculosis (TB) cases a...
BackgroundPulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) is a major health problem in prisons. Multiple studies of TB ...
Transmission of tuberculosis (TB) in prisons has been reported worldwide to be much higher than that...
INTRODUCTION:Active tuberculosis (TB) and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) are a public health t...
ABSTRACT: Prisons represent a crucial setting for tuberculosis control. Currently, there is scarce i...
Background: Information on prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in Ethiopian prisons is non-existent, des...
Background: This cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the prevalence of and identify factor...
Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic and infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. When a p...
Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic, infectious and granulomatous disease caused by infection with Mycoba...
Objective: To determine the extent of pulmonary tuberculosis among prisoners in Karachi central jail...
Background: Prisons play an important role in the prevalence of Tuberculosis (TB) in a region. This ...
Background: Prisons have long been recognized as a high-risk environment for the transmission of Myc...
The high incidence of tuberculosis (TB) among prisoners calls for interventions to identify latent t...
Introduction: Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) is one of the major diseases of public health importance ...
Tuberculosis (TB) is the disease caused by the bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis which mos...
Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of previously undiagnosed active tuberculosis (TB) cases a...
BackgroundPulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) is a major health problem in prisons. Multiple studies of TB ...
Transmission of tuberculosis (TB) in prisons has been reported worldwide to be much higher than that...
INTRODUCTION:Active tuberculosis (TB) and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) are a public health t...
ABSTRACT: Prisons represent a crucial setting for tuberculosis control. Currently, there is scarce i...
Background: Information on prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in Ethiopian prisons is non-existent, des...