Tuberculosis treatment outcomes after transfer or release from incarceration: A retrospective cohort study from Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tuberculosis (TB) disproportionately affects people deprived of liberty. Prior studies have shown higher TB treatment completion rates among incarcerated individuals compared to the general population. However, little is known about how incarceration-related movements such as transfers between facilities or releases to the community affect TB treatment outcomes.

Methods

We linked person-level incarceration data with TB notifications data from the Notifiable Disease Information System for the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul between January 2006 and December 2018. We constructed a cohort of individuals newly diagnosed with drug-susceptible TB who initiated treatment while incarcerated. We compared treatment outcomes between individuals who remained in the same

SUBMITTER: Mabene Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12047934 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature