Volume 27, Number 3—March 2021
Research
Local and Travel-Associated Transmission of Tuberculosis at Central Western Border of Brazil, 2014–2017
Table
Characteristic | Participants, N = 142 |
---|---|
City | |
Corumbá | 114/142 (80.3) |
Ladário | 3/142 (2.1) |
Ponta Porã |
25/142 (17.6) |
Sex | |
M | 92/142 (64.8) |
F |
50/142 (35.2) |
Age, y | |
Median (IQR) | 37 (27–53) |
0–14 | 1/142 (0.7) |
15–20 | 7/142 (4.9) |
21–40 | 74/142 (52.1) |
41–60 | 44/142 (31.0) |
>60 |
16/142 (11.3) |
Race, self-reported | |
White | 30/141 (21.3) |
Mixed | 66/141 (46.8) |
Black | 38/141 (26.9) |
Indigenous | 7/141 (5.0) |
Asian |
0/141 (0.0) |
Education level, y | |
<1 | 11/133 (8.3) |
1–4 | 47/133 (35.3) |
5–8 | 44/133 (33.1) |
9–11 | 29/133 (21.8) |
>11 |
2/133 (1.5) |
Marital status, married |
61/134 (45.5) |
Monthly individual income <$100 US |
104/119 (87.4) |
Recipient of a cash transfer program |
46/142 (32.4) |
International travel within the past 5 y |
38/142 (26.8) |
Vulnerable population | |
Currently incarcerated | 16/142 (11.3) |
Formerly incarcerated | 27/142 (19.0) |
Contact with someone with incarceration history | 13/142 (9.1) |
Homeless | 3/142 (2.1) |
Immigrant: <2 y resident in Brazil |
5/133 (3.7) |
Comorbidities | |
Alcoholism | 33/134 (24.6) |
Diabetes | 7/134 (5.2) |
HIV | 8/138 (5.8) |
Mental illness | 2/134 (1.5) |
Hypertension | 36/131 (27.5) |
Renal failure | 31/133 (23.3) |
Hepatic failure | 34/132 (25.7) |
Smoking history | 80/140 (57.1) |
Drug use |
35/134 (26.1) |
TB history | |
Previous TB | 29/141 (20.6) |
History of contact with TB case |
69/132 (52.3) |
BCG scar |
104/133 (78.2) |
Supervised treatment | 41/135 (30.4) |
*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. BCG, Bacillus Calmett-Guérin.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
2These authors contributed equally to this article.
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