Prevalence and correlates of latent tuberculosis infection among employees of a high security prison in Malaysia
Al-Darraji HA, Tan C, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL. Prevalence and correlates of latent tuberculosis infection among employees of a high security prison in Malaysia. Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2015, 72: 442. PMID: 25794506, PMCID: PMC4625842, DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102695.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTST positivityTuberculin skin test (TST) positivityMalaysia's largest prisonLatent tuberculosis infectionCurrent tobacco smokingSkin test positivityTB control programsLogistic regression analysisLargest prisonInduration sizeTobacco smokingTuberculosis infectionTB prevalenceTB transmissionTest positivitySociodemographic dataTB problemPrevalenceYoung menComplete dataPositivityRegression analysisStructured questionnaireCorrectional systemPrison employees