Substantial overlap between incarceration and tuberculosis in atlanta, georgia, 2011.
Standard tuberculosis case reporting captures incarceration at diagnosis only. This retrospective analysis of 106 US-born adults with prevalent tuberculosis in 2011 found that 46.2% had documented histories of being in jail or prison, including 16.0% during the year before diagnosis.
Department of Epidemiology , Rollins School of Public Health ; Laney Graduate School.
Maryam B
MB
Haddad
Emory University School of Medicine , Emory University , Atlanta , Georgia.
Mary K
MK
Foote
Emory University School of Medicine , Emory University , Atlanta , Georgia ; Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta , Georgia.
Susan M
SM
Ray
Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta , Georgia.
David M
DM
Maggio
Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta , Georgia.
Rose-Marie F
RM
Sales
Department of Epidemiology , Rollins School of Public Health.
Min Jung
MJ
Kim
Emory University School of Medicine , Emory University , Atlanta , Georgia.
Russell R
RR
Kempker
Department of Epidemiology , Rollins School of Public Health ; Emory University School of Medicine , Emory University , Atlanta , Georgia.
Anne C
AC
Spaulding
homelessness; jails; prisons; public health surveillance; tuberculosis