Tuberculosis in penitentiaries of the Republic of Belarus
Krivonos, P.S.; Kalechits, O.M.; Avdeev, G.S.; Zdanevich, P.A.; Shamshur, V.N.; Korban, V.K.; Snarov, M.I.
Problemy Tuberkuleza 6: 8-10
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0032-9533 PMID: 10715946 Document Number: 504136
The paper analyzes the prevalence of tuberculous infection among special cohorts of penitentiaries in the past decade. The incidence of tuberculosis in prisons in 1997 was 28.3 greater than that in the general population, which negatively affects the whole epidemiological situation. The optimal methods of its detection, treatment, and prevention among the convicts in the Republic of Byelarus are substantiated.