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Volume 21, Number 3—March 2015
Dispatch

Prisons as Reservoir for Community Transmission of Tuberculosis, Brazil

Flávia P.C. Sacchi, Renata M. Praça, Mariana B. Tatara, Vera Simonsen, Lucilaine Ferrazoli, Mariana G. Croda, Philip N. Suffys, Albert I. Ko, Jason R. Andrews, and Julio CrodaComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados, Brazil (F.P.C. Sacchi, R.M. Praça, M.B. Tatara, M.G. Croda, J. Croda); Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, Brazil (V. Simonsen, L. Ferrazoli); Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (P.N. Suffys); Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (A.I. Ko); Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA (J.R. Andrews)

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Figure 1

Flowchart for recruitment of patients with tuberculosis (TB) for case–control and molecular studies of prisons as reservoir for community transmission of tuberculosis, Brazil, June 2009–March 2013. *Eleven strains were not reactive after freezing, and 5 strains had <5 bands of IS6110. SINAN, Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (National Notifiable Diseases Information System).

Figure 1. Flowchart for recruitment of patients with tuberculosis (TB) for case–control and molecular studies of prisons as reservoir for community transmission of tuberculosis, Brazil, June 2009–March 2013. *Eleven strains were not reactive after freezing, and 5 strains had <5 bands of IS6110. SINAN, Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (National Notifiable Diseases Information System).

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