Determinants of losses in the latent tuberculosis infection cascade of care in Brazil.
Alexandra Brito SouzaMaría B ArriagaGustavo AmorimMariana Araújo-PereiraBetânia M F NogueiraArtur T L QueirozMarina C FigueiredoMichael S RochaAline BenjaminAdriana S R MoreiraJamile G OliveiraValeria C RollaBetina DurovniJosé R Lapa E SilvaAfrânio L KritskiSolange CavalcanteTimothy SterlingBruno B AndradeMarcelo Cordeiro-Santosnull nullPublished in: BMJ global health (2021)
There were losses at all LTBI cascade stages, but particularly at the initial screening and examination steps. Close contacts of low socioeconomic status and living with HIV were at heightened risk of not completing the LTBI cascade of care in Brazil.