title: Tuberculosis Among Incarcerated Hispanic Persons in the United States, 1993-2014.
abstract: We examined the National tuberculosis surveillance system to describe Hispanic persons who were incarcerated at time of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and to compare their characteristics with those of non-Hispanic incarcerated TB patients. After declines between 1993 and 2002, the annual proportion of Hispanic TB patients who were incarcerated grew from 4.9% in 2003 to 8.4% in 2014. During 2003-2014, 19% of incarcerated US-born TB patients were Hispanic, and 86% of the foreign-born were Hispanic. Most incarcerated TB patients were in local jails, but about a third of all foreign-born Hispanics were in the facility category that includes Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers. Foreign birth and recent U.S. arrival characterized many Hispanic persons receiving a TB diagnosis while incarcerated. Hispanic patients had twice the odds of being in federal prisons. Systematic efforts to identify TB infection and disease might lead to early diagnoses and prevention of future cases.
authors.affiliation: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, MS E-10, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA.|Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Godwin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mindra
authors.affiliation: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, MS E-10, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA. vij5@cdc.gov.
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0355-5290
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wortham
authors.affiliation: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, MS E-10, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA.
authors.forename: Maryam B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.affiliation: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, MS E-10, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA.|Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Jorge L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Salinas
authors.affiliation: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, MS E-10, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA.
authors.forename: Krista M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.affiliation: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, MS E-10, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA.
authors.forename: Lori R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011330:Prisons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Hispanic; Incarceration; Tuberculosis