Active and latent tuberculosis among inmates in La Esperanza prison in Guaduas, Colombia.

Martha Isabel MurciaDaniel MogollónDeccy GonzálezRicardo SanchezZulma Vanessa RuedaCarlos A Parra-LópezMartha Isabel Murcia

Published in: PloS one (2019)

The prevalence of LTBI and TB was higher in prison than in the general population. Molecular genotyping suggests that TB in this prison is mainly caused by strains imported by inmates or endogenous reactivation.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
escherichia coli
genome wide
pulmonary tuberculosis
high throughput
hiv aids
emergency department
gene expression
genetic diversity