Despite increasing rates of tuberculosis in prisons across the globe, current WHO TB prevention guidelines fail to reach incarcerated populations. Programs should instead prioritize them, argue a group of researchers from Stanford, Harvard, UCL and a range of other global institutions.
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Despite increasing rates of tuberculosis in prisons across the globe, current WHO TB prevention guidelines fail to reach incarcerated populations. Programs should instead prioritize them, argue a group of researchers from Stanford, Harvard, UCL and a range of other global institutions.
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Article Title: Prioritizing persons deprived of liberty in global guidelines for tuberculosis preventive treatment
Author Countries: United States
Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.
Journal
PLoS Medicine
DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.1004288
Method of Research
Commentary/editorial
Subject of Research
Not applicable
COI Statement
Competing interests: The spouse of SS was employed by Merck Pharmaceuticals 1997-2007 and retains stock in his retirement account. There is no conflict of interest with the submitted work, but is included in the interest of full disclosure. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
