2016
Confronting the HIV, Tuberculosis, Addiction, and Incarceration Syndemic in Southeast Asia: Lessons Learned from Malaysia
Culbert GJ, Pillai V, Bick J, Al-Darraji HA, Wickersham JA, Wegman MP, Bazazi AR, Ferro E, Copenhaver M, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL. Confronting the HIV, Tuberculosis, Addiction, and Incarceration Syndemic in Southeast Asia: Lessons Learned from Malaysia. Journal Of Neuroimmune Pharmacology 2016, 11: 446-455. PMID: 27216260, PMCID: PMC5118227, DOI: 10.1007/s11481-016-9676-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntiretroviral therapyMalaysia's largest prisonIsoniazid preventive therapyLatent tuberculosis infectionStandardized treatment protocolMandatory HIV testingDrug treatment centersEvidence-based addiction treatmentEvidence-based interventionsLargest prisonReservoir of infectionActive diseaseActive tuberculosisPreventive therapyHIV testingTuberculosis infectionOpioid dependenceHIV treatmentRapid relapseMethadone maintenanceTreatment protocolClinical careHIVTreatment centersCompulsory drug treatment centers
2013
Prevalence of tuberculosis symptoms and latent tuberculous infection among prisoners in northeastern Malaysia
Margolis B, Al-Darraji HA, Wickersham JA, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL. Prevalence of tuberculosis symptoms and latent tuberculous infection among prisoners in northeastern Malaysia. The International Journal Of Tuberculosis And Lung Disease 2013, 17: 1538-1544. PMID: 24200265, PMCID: PMC3913085, DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0193.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLatent tuberculous infectionTuberculin skin testTB symptomsTuberculous infectionTwo-step tuberculin skin testPrevious incarcerationHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionLower body mass indexReactive tuberculin skin testImmunodeficiency virus infectionBody mass indexRoutine screening procedureCross-sectional surveyCD4 statusRoutine tuberculosisTST reactivityTuberculosis symptomsActive tuberculosisLTBI prevalenceOnly significant correlateMass indexNortheastern MalaysiaSkin testVirus infectionHIV