At the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto last week, researchers studying in
South Africa made a startling announcement: in a study of 536 people with tuberculosis …

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are 10 million new cases of
tuberculosis (TB) reported worldwide each year, and 1.7 million people die from the disease …

The prison setting has been often cited as a possible reservoir of tuberculosis (TB) including
multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB. This is particularly true in low-income, high TB prevalence …

Recent tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks, and an increase in both case rates and drug resistance
rates in the prison systems of many regions of the world, have created an urgent need for …

In the first global assessment of tuberculosis rates in prisons, researchers estimate that
nearly half of the infections go unnoticed, making prisoners nearly 10 times more likely to …

Prisons have long been associated with rapid transmission of infectious diseases. The
HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has fuelled the spread of TB and HIV in …

In this chapter, we review data related to TB and prisons, including the relationship between
TB epidemics in prisons and surrounding communities, diagnostic strategies for TBI and TB …

In developing countries, prisons do not have adequate healthcare systems. The problem is
particularly acute for tuberculosis (TB) and is exacerbated by crowding and HIV infection …

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HIV/AIDS are two important causes of morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases
worldwide [1, 2]; prisons have become reservoirs for these diseases in many settings. TB …