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Factors associated with latent tuberculosis among international migrants in Brazil: a cross-sectional study (2020).
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- المؤلفون: de Jezus, Sonia Vivian1 (AUTHOR); do Prado, Thiago Nascimento1 (AUTHOR); Arcêncio, Ricardo Alexandre2 (AUTHOR); Mascarello, Keila Cristina3 (AUTHOR); Sales, Carolina Maia Martins1 (AUTHOR); Fauth, Maysa Mabel1 (AUTHOR); de Faria Marcos Terena, Nahari4 (AUTHOR); Amorim, Raphael Florindo5 (AUTHOR); Araujo, Vania Maria Silva6 (AUTHOR); Aragón, Miguel Angel López7 (AUTHOR); Maciel, Ethel Leonor Noia1 (AUTHOR)
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BMC Infectious Diseases. 7/30/2021, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p1-9. 9p.
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Background: Migrants are a high priority group for TB control measures due to their high exposure to risk factors such as poverty and social vulnerability. The study aimed to identify factors associated with latent TB among international migrants living in four Brazilian state capitals. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in September and October 2020 in a sample of 903 international migrants living in four Brazilian state capitals: Boa Vista/RR (458), Manaus/AM (136), São Paulo/SP (257), and Curitiba/PR (52). Data were collected with a questionnaire consisting of open and closed questions on personal characteristics, information on TB, and use of preventive measures. Tuberculin skin test (TST) was performed, with reading after 72 h by trained nurses and using 5 mm induration as the positive cutoff. Chi-square test (X2) and Fisher's exact test, both two-tailed, were used to compare statistically significant levels of association between the migrants´ sociodemographic characteristics, vulnerability, and latent TB infection (LTBI). Binary logistic regression was applied to calculate odds ratios and respective 95% confidence intervals. For all the tests, type I error of 5% was defined as statistically significant (p < 0.05). Results: Prevalence of LTBI among migrants was 46.1% in Manaus/AM, 33.3% in São Paulo/SP, 28.1% in Curitiba/PR, and 23.5% in Boa Vista/RR. Factors associated with latent infection were age, male gender, and brown or indigenous race. Conclusions: The study showed high prevalence of latent TB among international migrants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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