When TB Is Passed from Inmates to Staff
Author: Margaret R. Moreland, J.D., M.S.L.S..
Source: Volume 20, Number 05, July/August 2019 , pp.65-66(2)
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Abstract:
It has been reported that occupational exposure was the source of recently acquired latent TB infection (LTBI) in one-third of New York State prison employees. Also, in a TB outbreak in Madrid, Spain, it was determined that the same strain infected five employees, as well as 38 inmates. In this research brief, we review a recent article from PlosONE, “Tuberculosis Among Correctional Facility Workers: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis” by By Micheli Luize Grenzell and six co-authors associated with Brazilian universities.Keywords: Tuberculosis; Inmate-to-Staff Transmission; Latent TB
Affiliations:
1: Pace University School of Law.