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Modeling the Impact of Tuberculosis Control Strategies in Highly Endemic Overcrowded Prisons

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Title
Modeling the Impact of Tuberculosis Control Strategies in Highly Endemic Overcrowded Prisons
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PLOS ONE, May 2008
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0002100
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Judith Legrand, Alexandra Sanchez, Francoise Le Pont, Luiz Camacho, Bernard Larouze

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) in prisons is a major health problem in countries of high and intermediate TB endemicity such as Brazil. For operational reasons, TB control strategies in prisons cannot be compared through population based intervention studies.

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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 129 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 2%
Chile 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Philippines 1 <1%
Unknown 121 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 32 25%
Student > Master 22 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 6%
Student > Bachelor 8 6%
Other 25 19%
Unknown 15 12%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 46 36%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 16 12%
Social Sciences 15 12%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 5%
Mathematics 5 4%
Other 14 11%
Unknown 27 21%